"Lamb to the Slaughter" Irony Paragraph.

In "Lamb to the Slaughter," Roald Dahl uses irony to make the story memorable. For example, the narraot explains "No, I've got meat thanks. I got a nice peice of lamb, from the freezer", when she allready took the peice of lamb out the freezer and murdered her husband with it. This shows that the story is ironic because the lamb isn't actually in the freezer like she says. In fact she allready used it as a murder weapon instead of food. This also shows that this surprises the reader because Mary is able to think of an alibi immediately after she murders her husband. In addition, the narrator also says, "Probably right under our very nose. What you think Jack? And in the other room, Mary Moslonry began to giggle." This shows that the readers knows that the detectives are eating the evidence, which is why Mary giggles. Sincethe readers know and the characters do not, this is dramatic irony. This also shows thats, in this situation, the readers feel like yelling at the detectives because the evidence is "right under our very noses. In conclusion, "Lamb of the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl uses irony to make the story memorable.