In both “Desiree’s Baby,” by Kate Chopin and “Lamb to the Slaughter,” by Roald Dahl their characters, both want to make their husband understand their situations and are being judged incorrectly, causing a tragic accident without letting the other explain themselves before acting impulsively. A close examination of “Desiree’s Baby” and the fictional story “Lamb to the Slaughter” both share tragic endings in order to demonstrate different impulsive emotions and different heart breaks reactions.
In “Desiree’s Baby,” Armand wants Desiree to leave because he thinks that she has lied to him over her being part of a white race family “Shall I go Armand? Yes,go. Do you want me to go? Yes, I want you to go.” Armand wants Desiree to leave not knowing it was going to cause an accident. She disappeared among the reeds and willows that grew thick along the banks of …show more content…
On the other hand, in “Lamb to the Slaughter” Mary couldn’t take or imagine herself living without her husband by her side “she thought that perhaps she’d imagined the whole thing. Perhaps, if she acted as though she had not heard him, she would find out that none of it had ever happened.” Mary didn’t think of her actions so she killed her husband Patrick and tried to cover her action up by going to the neighborhood grocery and make it seem as if it’s been like an accident. “Ina few words she she told her story about going to the grocery and coming back, when she found him on the floor.” Mary made the detectives think that it was an accident and she didn't know what