In the story ‘Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl the author identifies the protagonist Mrs.Maloney as dynamic because she changes from a obssesive wife to a twisted widow throughout the story. Dahl shows her change through ongoing syntax, gloomy diction, and figurative language.

In the beginning Mrs. Maloney seems to be characterized as obsessive by using ongoing syntax in the second paragraph “when the clock said ten minutes to five, she began to listen, and a few minutes later, punctually as always, she heard the car tires on the stones outside, the car door closing, footsteps passing the window, the key turning in the lock.” (dahl 1) This reveals how she seems to be quite obsessive toward her husband. The quote tells us how she knows exactly what happens when her husband comes home. Despite her husband still being rude to her she still doesn't take no for an answer. For example when he wants another drink, she so eagerly wants to help him but he won't let her. …show more content…
Malony finally agrees that he's had enough of her and decides to tell her the bad news. Now that he's told her how he's most likely leaving her, but will leave money for her and the baby. Now her emotions are starting to take a toll and with all these new emotions rising, she tries to act like she didn't hear him and goes on with making him supper. When she takes the leg of lamb out of the freezer her emotions come back as she enters the room and start to make her feel overwhelmed as she took the leg of lamb down on his head as hard as she could. The leg of lamb symbolises her emotions after he tells her the news.All of her emotions get piled up as she saw the leg and mr. malony in her side view. The leg is given human form to show how the leg and Mr. Maloney both change form, from a helpful purpose to so something dangerous yet