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GCSE: Roald Dahl

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  1. The Landlady

    • Essay length: 570 words
    • Submitted: 04/11/2007

  2. comparison of 'lamb of the slaughter' and 'the speckled band'

    • Essay length: 3629 words
    • Submitted: 11/10/2007

  3. The stories which I have chosen to explain how the writers keep the reader involved and interested in the story are "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl and "The Flypaper" by Elizabeth Taylor

    • Essay length: 1363 words
    • Submitted: 13/03/2007

  4. Compare 'Lamb to the Slaughter' and 'the Speckled Band'

    • Essay length: 1303 words
    • Submitted: 07/02/2007

  5. Comparison between the Lamb to the Slaughter And the Speckled Band

    • Essay length: 2123 words
    • Submitted: 09/01/2007

  6. LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER & THE SPECKLED BAND

    • Essay length: 2855 words
    • Submitted: 17/10/2006

  7. The stories "Lamb To The Slaughter" and "A Vendetta" will be compared and contrasted within this essay. The two stories are about ordinary people whose lives change after something unpleasant arises

    • Essay length: 1672 words
    • Submitted: 17/10/2006

  8. 'Lamb to the Slaughter' and 'The Speckled Band' are both murder mysteries. They have some similarities but more differences.

    • Essay length: 2164 words
    • Submitted: 18/08/2006

  9. The Lamb to the slaughter - Roald Dahl

    • Essay length: 1176 words
    • Submitted: 24/04/2006

  10. Consider the conventions of murder mystery and examine the uses that Conan Doyle and Roald Dahl has made of them

    • Essay length: 1396 words
    • Submitted: 05/04/2006
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  • Discuss the difference between The Withered Arm and Lamb to the Slaughter.

    "To conclude this essay revenge takes place all the time and will continue to take place for years to come and it doesn't make any difference which century it happened in or if it is for good or bad. People will take revenge for things that happen to them, or their friends or family."

  • In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the stories of the Vendetta and The lamb to the slaughter. These two stories are about revenge. I will compare and contrast the way revenge is presented in both stories

    "The revenge I preferred was Mary's. The crime was so perfect and I admire her intelligence and acting skills. In my opinion the Widow was to cold blooded whereas I can understand Mary's motives more. I loved the way Mary acted around the police, even convincing them to eat the murder weapon whilst they were supposed to be searching for it."

  • Compare and contrast the two short stories "The Speckled Band" by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, and "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl.

    "Dahl and Conan-Doyle have engineered the two stories well, but in my opinion, Dahls story, 'Lamb to the Slaughter', is the better of the two, for two main reasons. Firstly, Dahl has written this story specifically to go against the traditional detective story, making the setting, plot and characters untypical. Secondly, I particularly like the way in which Dahls characters develop as the story goes on. Mary Maloney goes from loving housewife and potential victim to possible psychopathic murderer. Patrick Maloney develops from potential psychopathic murderer to dead victim, and the detectives... well the detectives are pretty dim to begin with anyway. While Dahl's characters are flexible, Conan-Doyle's stay rigid and static. Dr Roylott stays violent, Helen Stoner stays terrified, and Holmes stays as vigilant and observant as ever. The main ingredient of a detective story is that the villain is caught and justice is achieved. This happens in 'The Speckled Band', with the poetic justice of Dr Roylott's death, but in 'Lamb to the Slaughter' it doesn't, and the villain gets off "scot-free". Even if they had found her out, they wouldn't have any evidence. The main ingredient is missing in 'Lamb to the Slaughter', but even so, that doesn't make the story any worse."

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