The external conflict of the story (Lamb to the Slaughter) written by Roald Dahl is how Mary tried to kill Patrick with a huge lamb leg. At the start it was when Patrick seemed annoyed by Mary that she was always being busy just for him. The part where Patrick brought up divorce with Mary, that is the rising action. It has lead Mary to have the feeling and urge to kill Patrick in some kind of way. The action of Mary bringing her leg of lamb down on Patrick’s back is the climax of the story, a part where all readers wants to know about. The poem that I have made are all from paragraph 25 to 45. So this, clearly shows that it is the external conflict and it is a man vs. man conflict (Mary vs. Patrick). The illustration from the hard copy of the poem is legs of lamb with blood dripping off of it, it shows the dark personality of Mary. Also, the sections what are circled in red are the rising action and the falling action and the black is the climax. Red gives the reader an idea that something surprising is going to happen later on in the story, black shows the very dark act that Mary has made.