Examples Of Dramatic Irony In Lamb Of The Slaughter
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Roald Dahl the author of the short story “Lamb of the slaughter “ has really good examples of dramatic irony. Since the reader knows that the leg of lamb was used as a murder weapon, but the police without knowing eats the evidence when the killer serves the cooked leg of lamb to them. This is a really good example of dramatic irony because we know what happened but the detectives don't because it was a really extrange case for them, specially because Mary trick them really well.“Quick! Come quick! Patrick's dead!” Mary says to the police.This creates dramatic irony because the lector knows she killed him, but the police do not. Also, it creates suspense to the reader and makes it think if Mary will get caught. Another example of dramatic