In this essay, I am going to compare and contrast the two murderers, Sir Grimesby Roylott in 'The Speckled Band' with Mary Maloney from 'The Lamb To The Slaughter'.

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Lamb to the slaughter and the speckled band

 

In this essay, I am going to compare and contrast the two murderers, Sir Grimesby Roylott in ‘The Speckled Band’ with Mary Maloney from ‘The Lamb To The Slaughter’.

The two stories ‘The Speckled Band’ and ‘Lamb To The Slaughter’ are both about murder. The situations and motives that occur show sharp contrasts between each of the separate murders. The character of Roylott presented in ‘The Speckled Band’ is a violent character with a unique quality with wit and skills that shine throughout this short story. It is not however, for the best reason. He is a doctor, a profession that carries respect and trust. He would also be well educated and calculated to carry out most tasks for his patients in this caring profession.

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Maloney differs on the other hand; she is a housewife who just keeps a clean house whilst her husband goes out to work. She is further presented as a serene, loving wife, who is six months pregnant. She loves her husband and follows whatever he has to say. She enjoyed a good life as we gather from the text: ‘For her, this was a blissful time of day’. She could afford to relax in a quiet house with whiskeys on ice just waiting for her husband to arrive home from his work.

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