The poem I have created is based on the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” written by Roald Dahl in 1953. This poem I have created is an External Conflict which is Mary Maloney fighting against her husband. Here, Mary’s antagonist is her husband.  Here is the evidence why Mary is going against her husband and causing the conflict. In the story, it talked about when Mary’s husband went home, he looked like he was very tired and really didn’t want to talk. And finally, when Mary asks what was going on, her husband said he wanted to divorce Mary. But he will of course give Mary money in the future. So, on this side, in paragraph 35, Mary’s husband doesn’t want to live with Mary anymore. On the other hand, in paragraph 7, Mary is always very happy to wait for her husband even though it very late because Mary loves to spend time with her husband. Also, she always cooks very special dinner for her husband every time and loved him very much. In my poem, to express how Mary felt when hearing the news that her husband doesn’t want to live with her anymore, I have carefully chosen the words in the story (adding to my poem) to express the characters feelings. For example, (paragraph 38) in my poem one part of it was “she walked across the room…. couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor.” I think this is a very good part of the poem because it is specifically explaining how stunned Mary was when she heard of this news and how sad also angry, she was. Also, one part of the poem specifically explaining the conflict is (paragraph 46) “So I’ve killed him” this part is the very climax of the story explaining how much Mary disagrees with her husband and fighting against him. I have also used picture to describe the specific scene of the climax part of the story. And at the end of my poem, I have added an open ending when Mary was trying to smile. I have added this to let the reader get interested and guess the ending.

 

For more information:

Why does Mary go out to the grocer’s ?

Here is the link to know why: http://www.bookrags.com/questions/english-and-literature/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter/why-does-mary-go-out-to-the-grocers–786

More about Roald Dahl:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roald-Dahl