Articles Written By: Melody Armstrong

Additional\Sub-questions: What makes this story believable or unbelievable? I think that it is very possible, however somewhat difficult, for a person to solve a crime the way Holmes did. It takes a little bit of practice, but it can be done. At first when Holmes tells us and John Watson...Read more

Additional\Sub-Questions: Do you enjoy the story more because of its use of dramatic irony? Why or why not? Dramatic irony plays a strong role in Lamb to the Slaughter. It is ironic when the policeman eat the lamb chop and subsequently say, “It’s (the weapon) probably right under our noses”....Read more