What are the similarities and differences between Roald Dahl's 'Lambs to the slaughter' and 'The speckled band' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
The two murder mystery's I am going to look at are 'Lambs to the slaughter' by Roald Dahl and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The speckled band'. All good Murder stories have the basic ingredients a victim, a detective and a murderer and the role they play is essence of the story.
One immediate difference is the narrative style in which they are written in that the speckled band is written with an omniscient narrator so no thoughts are revealed while Lambs to the slaughter is written from Mrs Maloney's prospective and therefore you are given her thoughts and feelings.
The two murder mystery's I am going to look at are 'Lambs to the slaughter' by Roald Dahl and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The speckled band'. All good Murder stories have the basic ingredients a victim, a detective and a murderer and the role they play is essence of the story.
One immediate difference is the narrative style in which they are written in that the speckled band is written with an omniscient narrator so no thoughts are revealed while Lambs to the slaughter is written from Mrs Maloney's prospective and therefore you are given her thoughts and feelings.