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"at the point , Mary Maloney  simply walked up behind him and without any pause she sung the big frozen leg of lamb hing in the air and brought it down as hard as as she could on the back of his head"

this represents mood because you could tell how frustrated she was with mad at her husband

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"Her first instinct was not to believe any of it, to reject it all. It occurred to her that perhaps he hadn’t even spoken, that she herself had imagined the whole thing. Maybe, if she went about her business and acted as though she hadn’t been listening, then later, when she sort of woke up again, she might find none of it had ever happened." (Dahl 35) The mood here is frantic Mary was distraught at the fact that her husband was leaving her. Marry's emotions took over and she murdered her husband.

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"Probably right under our very noses.What do you think Jack?" And then she began to giggle in the other room.That made the mood very creepy almost as if she was happy that she killed her husband and got away with it,and had the cops eat the lamp that she killed her husband with.

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mary's emotions changes through the story at first she was happy then mad then after sad

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The quote:"Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head."(dahl 44)
Mood:Impulsive action

Quote 2:The violence of the crash, the noise, the small table overturning, helped bring her out of the shock. She came out slowly, feeling cold and surprised, and she stood for a while blinking at the body, still holding the ridiculous piece of meat tight with both hands. (dahl 45)
mood: shock.

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In the beginning of the story Dahl made Mary seem like a normal 1900's house wife when he wrote "She took his coat and hung it in the closet. Then she walked over and made the drinks, a strongish one for him, a weak one for herself; and soon she was back again in her chair with the sewing" (dahl 6)

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 Mood- Nicky terilli                    "When she walked across the room she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn’t feel anything at all — except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit. Everything was automatic now — down the steps to the cellar, the light switch, the deep freeze, the hand inside the cabinet taking hold of the first object it met "           

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 Mood- Nicky terilli                    "When she walked across the room she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn’t feel anything at all — except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit. Everything was automatic now — down the steps to the cellar, the light switch, the deep freeze, the hand inside the cabinet taking hold of the first object it met "           

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"For her, this was always a blissful time of day. She knew he didn’t want to speak much until the first drink was finished, and she, on her side, was content to sit quietly, enjoying his company after the long hours alone in the house." ( dahl 7).
In this quote the tone is shown that she seems like a caring person, and it also shows that how much care she has for her husband.

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For God’s sake,” he said, hearing her, but not turning round. “Don’t make supper for me. I’m going out.”

At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head.

She might just as well have hit him with a steel club
(dahl  42 and 43)

This represents the mood of the story because it now makes you feel a different way throughout the story. It shows how frustrated she was with her husbands attitude so she went crazy and couldn't control her self and killed him.

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she moved uneasily in her chair the large eyes still watching his face. you can tell that the author wanted you to know that she was upset.

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Now and again she would glance up at the clock, but without anxiety, merely to please herself with the thought that each minute gone by made it nearer the time when he would come. There was a slow smiling air about her, and about everything she did. The drop

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"For her, this was always a blissful time of day". She knew that he wasn't going to speak until after the drink was finished. She was there quit sitting.
Its a tone because she seems very kind and loving.

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"It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast." daul-47 this shows how shocked she was from killing her husband and how it changed her

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nick larocque - she moved uneasily in her chair, the large eyes still watching his face. you can tell that the author wanted you to understand that she was feeling uneasy.

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''When she walked across the room she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn’t feel anything at all — except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit'' Daul -38 this shows tone because this shows how she is feeling in the moment .

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For God’s sake,” he said, hearing her, but not turning round. “Don’t make supper for me. I’m going out.”

At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head.

She might just as well have hit him with a steel club
(dahl  42 and 43)

this is an example of mood because it sets up the feeling for the rest of the story. the feeling this shows is anger and frustration. she feels this way because her husband is leaving her.

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the tone of the story starts as a women preparing for her husband to come home after work, a blissful tone when the husband says he wants to split u it becomes sadder, then when se kills him it becomes very dark in tone

-Derek Belme

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"When she walked across the room she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn’t feel anything at all — except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit. Everything was automatic now — down the steps to the cellar, the light switch, the deep freeze, the hand inside the cabinet taking hold of the first object it met. She lifted it out, and looked at it. It was wrapped in paper, so she took off the paper and looked at it again." (Dahl 38) This is an example of tone because it shows how shocked Mrs. Maloney is.

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"When she walked across the room she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn’t feel anything at all — except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit. Everything was automatic now — down the steps to the cellar, the light switch, the deep freeze, the hand inside the cabinet taking hold of the first object it met."
This is mood because it could make the audience imagine and feel disarray to the information given. (Dahl 38)

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"When she walked across the room she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn’t feel anything at all — except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit. Everything was automatic now — down the steps to the cellar, the light switch, the deep freeze, the hand inside the cabinet taking hold of the first object it met. She lifted it out, and looked at it. It was wrapped in paper, so she took off the paper and looked at it again."
(Dahl, 38)

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"The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight — hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the sideboard behind her, two tall glasses, soda water, whiskey. Fresh ice cubes in the Thermos bucket."(Dahl 1) This is an example of mood because it creates an atmosphere or feeling of calm

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"The violence of the crash, the noise, the small table overturning, helped bring her out of the shock. She came out slowly, feeling cold and surprised, and she stood for a while blinking at the body, still holding the ridiculous piece of meat tight with both hands." (45)

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"For her, this was always a blissful time of day. She knew he didn’t want to speak much until the first drink was finished, and she, on her side, was content to sit quietly, enjoying his company after the long hours alone in the house. She loved to luxuriate"
Tone is loving because she seems kind and gentle.

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Mood- Laura Paris               "She moved uneasily in her chair, the large eyes still watching his face. “But you must eat! I’ll fix it anyway, and then you can have it or not, as you like.”

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Mood- Laura Paris               "She moved uneasily in her chair, the large eyes still watching his face. “But you must eat! I’ll fix it anyway, and then you can have it or not, as you like.”

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Both the reader and Mary know that her husband is intentionally drinking too much, giving them a very anxious feeling. What will he do next?

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Mood, Wesley L. "The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight — hers and the one by the empty chair opposite." (Dalh, 1)

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Mood, Wesley L. "The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight — hers and the one by the empty chair opposite." (Dalh, 1)

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She lowered herself back slowly into the chair, watching him all the time with those large, bewildered4 eyes. He had finished the second drink and was staring down into the glass, frowning.

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tone natanael It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. As the wife of a detective, she knew quite well what the penalty would be. That was fine. It made no difference to her. In fact, it would be a relief. On the other hand, what about the child? What were the laws about murderers with unborn children? Did they kill them both — mother and child? Or did they wait until the tenth month? What did they do?

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tone natanael It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. As the wife of a detective, she knew quite well what the penalty would be. That was fine. It made no difference to her. In fact, it would be a relief. On the other hand, what about the child? What were the laws about murderers with unborn children? Did they kill them both — mother and child? Or did they wait until the tenth month? What did they do?

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mood
The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight

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'“I’ll get it!” she cried, jumping up.

“Sit down,” he said.

When he came back, she noticed that the new drink was dark amber with the quantity of whiskey in it.

“Darling, shall I get your slippers?”

“No.”' The element of Tone is used a lot in this paragraph. The husband's curt responses imply that he has an anxious and rude attitude,  The author  used  words like "no" and  "sit down" to depict  the tone of the husband.  The reader can conclude that the husband isn't the greatest person by his attitude towards his wife.

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Tone- "A leg of lamb.

All right then, they would have lamb for supper." (Dahl 39,40)
This sentence shows an example of tone because the author wrote it in a suspenseful way.
Mood- "At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head." (Dahl 42)
This is an example of a sinister mood in the story "Lamb to the Slaughter."

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"It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. As the wife of a detective, she knew quite well what the penalty would be. That was fine. It made no difference to her. In fact, it would be a relief. On the other hand, what about the child? What were the laws about murderers with unborn children? Did they kill them both — mother and child? Or did they wait until the tenth month? What did they do?"(Dahl 45).  This set the tone because because it expresses the attitude Mary had about killing her husband. A specific tone in "Lamb to the Slaughter" would be suspenseful and threatening.

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"He had now become absolutely motionless, and he kept his head down so that the light from the lamp beside him fell across the upper part of his face, leaving the chin and mouth in shadow. She noticed there was a little muscle moving near the corner of his left eye". This is a example of the mood.  This sentence shows the unnerving feel of the story through the husband's mostly obscure face and his little muscle moving near the corner of his eye. This gives the reader a anxious feeling that makes them uncomfortable.

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"That’s the way, she told herself. Do everything right and natural. Keep things absolutely natural and there’ll be no need for any acting at all."- (Dahl, 70-75)

Its mood because it is very dark and eerie.

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"The violence of the crash, the noise, the small table overturning, helped bring her out of the shock. She came out slowly, feeling cold and surprised, and she stood for a while blinking at the body, still holding the ridiculous piece of meat tight with both hands.
All right, she told herself. So I’ve killed him. (Dahl, 45)"
The mood of this quote is horror because she just killed somebody.

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"When she walked across the room she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn’t feel anything at all — except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit. Everything was automatic now — down the steps to the cellar, the light switch, the deep freeze, the hand inside the cabinet taking hold of the first object it met. She lifted it out, and looked at it. It was wrapped in paper, so she took off the paper and looked at it again."
(Dahl, 38)

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Mood Eric C   "The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight" the Mood of the quote is happy an excited.

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Mood Eric C   "The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight" the Mood of the quote is happy an excited.

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"The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight — hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the sideboard behind her, two tall glasses, soda water, whiskey. Fresh ice cubes in the Thermos bucket." (Dahl 1)

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For her, this was always a blissful time of day. She knew he didn’t want to speak much until the first drink was finished, and she, on her side, was content to sit quietly, enjoying his company after the long hours alone in the house

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"and she, on her side, was content to sit quietly, enjoying his company after the long hours alone in the house. She loved to luxuriate in the presence of this man, and to feel — almost as a sunbather feels the sun — that warm male glow that came out of him to her when they were alone together. She loved him for the way he sat loosely in a chair, for the way he came in a door, or moved slowly across the room with long strides"
This is tone because so far the energy the atmosphere and characters are light and positive. The character, Mary, is showing compassionate feelings. (Dahl 7)

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Tone- "She lowered herself back slowly into the chair, watching him all the time with those large, bewildered eyes. He had finished the second drink and was staring down into the glass, frowning."(Dahl 29). Mood-  "They stood around rather awkwardly with the drinks in their hands, uncomfortable in her presence, trying to say consoling things to her."(Dahl 108).

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TONE-Melanie "It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden." (Dahl,47) This is an example of tone. Killing her husband made Mary calm. MOOD-"watching him with a kind of dazed horror as he went further and further away from her with each word."(Dahl,34) This is an example of mood because it shows suspense and that something terrible has occurred.

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TONE-Melanie "It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden." (Dahl,47) This is an example of tone. Killing her husband made Mary calm. MOOD-"watching him with a kind of dazed horror as he went further and further away from her with each word."(Dahl,34) This is an example of mood because it shows suspense and that something terrible has occurred.