
The found poem is created from the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” written by Roald Dahl. In the story, the main character Marry killed her husband because he wanted to leave her. The external conflict happens between marry and the rest of the world (person vs. society), she wants to cover up her murder, so she pretends everything was normal. For example, around paragraph 50, right after her murderer, she was trying to face a smile, and practice over and over, so that she didn’t seem suspicious. I include this part at the beginning to give clearer explanation of how she faced her conflict. I use word like “peculiar” smile from the text to describe more details of the Scenes. On the other hand, in the design of the page, I draw a pool of blood, and some blood on the title, it represents the blood that came from the corpse of the husband, and it match the horror theme of the story. Also, there is a leg of a lamb which is the murder weapon. At the end of the page, there is a shofar. It symbolizes that Mary’s getting away, escaping from the murder, it is a symbol of a scapegoat. At the very end, I ended the poem with an open ending. I purposely do that, so that it gives the reader a chance to imagine what will happens.
For more:
Why did marry giggles at the end
https://study.com/academy/answer/in-lamb-to-the-slaughter-why-does-mary-giggle-at-the-end-of-the-story.html
The full story:
https://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lamb.html
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