Roald Dahl emphasizes that betrayal can lead to revenge. Patrick wants to divorce his wife. Mary hides what she is feeling inside and pretends none of that never happened, but when it all sinks in she rages, and murders her husband. She does not want to get caught so she creates an alibi. To hide the evidence she pleasingly offered the lamb in the oven (the murder weapon) to the detectives to eat (to destroy). Dahl displays that the weak can be capable than more than you think. Dahl employs Situational Irony throughout the story to create tension between Mary and Patrick. An example is the lamb, it was going to be used to feed him but instead it was used to kill him. Mary kills him with a lambs leg when he says he is going to leave her, this is situational Irony. Mary offers the detectives the lamb to eat that is in the oven that was used to murder Patrick, Mary says Why don't you eat up that lamb thats in the oven? (Dahl 6). Mary is suggesting that the officers eat up the lamb (murder weapon) so Mary doesn't get caught. They end up destroying the weapon. This type of irony is dramatic irony. Irony is used effectively in the story by showing the meaning using language that normally is the opposite of what is being meant. Dahl uses the lamb to symbolize Marys innocence and weakness. A lamb is a baby sheep; the lamb represents innocents and weakness. Patryck is described as the lamb being slaughtered to also show symbolism. The lamb in the story is the biggest symbol used in the story. Mary is the lamb (weak) and Patrick is the lamb being slaughtered and Mary is no longer weak because he is slaughtered by Mary. Mary took the leg of lamb to slaughter (murder) Patryck. Mary and Patrick are used to represent symbolism. Dahl conveys that peoples true identity can be easily overlooked. Mary kills her husband out of anger because patryck wanted to divorce her, he says listen, he said. I've got something to tell you [...] this is going to be a