Saturday, May 15, 2010

The comparison of Lamb to the Slaughter and The way up to heaven

Both the stories are about the wives killing their husbands. However, there are still differences in the stories. So, I am going to talk about the differences in these two stories.

Firstly, the difference in the character of the wives, Mary Maloney and Mrs Foster. Mary Maloney is a calm and whenever she get agitated, she can calm down very quickly after that. However, Mrs Foster gets agitated easily and whenever that happens, she will not be able to calm down even after a long time.

Secondly, the killing of their husbands. Mary Maloney killed her husband on impulse with the lamb chop. However, Mrs Foster had the intention to killed her husband.

Thirdly, the reason for killing their husbands. Petrick Maloney told Mary that he was going to divorce with her as he had an affair and he no longer loved her. Thus May Maloney killed her husband on impulse. However, Mr Foster always tortures Mrs Foster by purposely dragging time which would make Mrs Foster go wild and when he sees her in that state, he sort of feels contented. Thus, when Mr Foster got trapped in the lift one day, she took the opportunity to kill him. She did so by letting him die inside the lift. She was indirectly killing him.

Fourthly, Mary Maloney immediately prepared to escape from murder and went to call the police. However, Mrs Foster only did so after some time when she came back from her tour.

Fifthly, after the killing. Mary Maloney had no source of income and she would have to cope financially and with her unborn baby. However, for Mrs Foster all her husband's money would be hers and she would be rich.

Sixthly, Mr and Mrs Maloney are a young couple. However, Mr and Mrs Foster are a old couple.

Seventhly, Mary Maloney killed her husband almost immediately after her husband told her that he wanted to divorce with her. However, for Mrs Foster, she did not dare to murder her husband even when he mentally tortured her for so long. She did not kill her husband but rather leave him to die.

Eighthly, Mary Maloney's baby is not born yet, however, Mrs Foster already had a daughter and grandchildren.

Ninethly, Mary Maloney still loved her husband when he told her that he wanted to divorce with her. However, Mrs Foster no longer loved her husband, but sort of respect him.

These are the differences between LTTS and The way up to Heaven

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