Comparing short stories- lamb to the slaughter and the speckled band Es

Comparing short stories- apply to the slaughter and the speckled phone====================================================================Lamb to the Slaughter was written by Roald catjang pea in 1954 shortly afterthe Second World War. Roald dahl is illustrious for writing childrensstories, like Charlie and the choco posthumous factory and James and theGiant Peach. Roald Dahl also writes stories for larges. Lamb to theslaughter is a fine example of an adult death penalty mystery story. Lamb tothe slaughter is about a woman of the house waiting for her economize to come.When he does return home, he gives her bad news. bleary by this news,she goes to the freezer to cook lamb for their supper solely withoutwarning strikes her husband over the head with it. She then goes toher local shop to create an Alibi. When the jurisprudence come round toinvestigate she offers them the lamb which she killed her husbandwith. And without knowing it is the murder weapon the police eat thele g of lamb, destroying the evidence.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote The Speckled Band in 1892. His stories ar about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes set in tardily blue(a)and early Edwardian England. The speckled band is about a man, DoctorGrimesby Roylott who tries to kill his stepdaughters using a embitteroussnake to acclivity through a ventilator and down a bell lap so that hedoes non have to pay for their weddings with the inheritance that hislate wife gave him. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Doctor Watsoninvestigate this crime and counter Doctor Roylotts stepdaughter,Helen St 1r from being killed by staying in her bedroom and bangthe snake. But the snake went back into Doctor Roylotts room, bitingand killing him.In lamb to the slaughter, Dahl m... ...ywe do non find out what happened until the finis of the story.These stories are also similar because they both have victims PatrickMaloney being one and Helen Stoner being the other.They both have murderers Mary Malo ney murdered her husband. Dr.Roylott did not directly murder Julia stoner but as he be after for asnake to kill her, he is still the murderer.They both have detectives Sherlock Holmes and Jack Noonan----------------------------------------------------------Murder mysteries have changed a lot since Victorian times. Now thereis technology that could pick things up for example the poison of thesnake could not be detected in the speckled band but if it were in thetime of lamb to the slaughter, scientists would probably have pickedthat up. Women would not be likely to be murders in Victorian timesbut now that is quite common.