Mary Maloney Case Study Questions
Since Mrs. Maloney is clearly the murder of Patrick Maloney when she bashes him in the head with the the leg of lamb, and feed it to the police playing innocent at the time the irony of the story is a sweet face might completely get away with the murder of her husband.
At the begging of the story, Marry lived a simple housewife life that was all around her husband Patrick, she would do some sewing clean the house plus be keeping her good looks on point. Mrs. Maloney would greet Patrick at the door after work gives him a smooch then handed him his drink. Patrick finished his drink but didn’t speak to marry like he normally does. Her husband's unexpected announcement that he's leaving her and their unborn child Patrick is tired of his life and …show more content…
But this solution only proved to end with a new conflict. She knew she had to create an alibi for herself. This is an internal conflict because it’s Mary's choice whether she wants being convicted as a murderer, or live a free life. So in resolution for that, she went to the grocery store to get some vegetables for the dinner that she made. When she got back to the house, Mary Maloney called the police, which only presented her with a new conflict, fooling the police. Which is also an external conflict Mary Maloney interacting with two different types of people in the text. The police officers and Sam the grocery man going showing you how Mary is getting more level-headed as this story goes on. In the text, it says "it was extraordinary how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. “This quote from the text shows that Mary is becoming more level-headed because she knows she can't call the cops without first establishing an alibi. So she goes to the grocery store to buy some vegetables for dinner. There she interacts with the grocery store manager Sam, and acts as though nothing is the matter, and Patrick her husband is tired so they are going to stay home tonight. Here is the quote from the text "I want some potatoes, Sam, please. Yes and maybe some beans. Patrick's decided he's tired and doesn't want to eat out tonight, we usually go out on Thursdays, you know, and now
At the begging of the story, Marry lived a simple housewife life that was all around her husband Patrick, she would do some sewing clean the house plus be keeping her good looks on point. Mrs. Maloney would greet Patrick at the door after work gives him a smooch then handed him his drink. Patrick finished his drink but didn’t speak to marry like he normally does. Her husband's unexpected announcement that he's leaving her and their unborn child Patrick is tired of his life and …show more content…
But this solution only proved to end with a new conflict. She knew she had to create an alibi for herself. This is an internal conflict because it’s Mary's choice whether she wants being convicted as a murderer, or live a free life. So in resolution for that, she went to the grocery store to get some vegetables for the dinner that she made. When she got back to the house, Mary Maloney called the police, which only presented her with a new conflict, fooling the police. Which is also an external conflict Mary Maloney interacting with two different types of people in the text. The police officers and Sam the grocery man going showing you how Mary is getting more level-headed as this story goes on. In the text, it says "it was extraordinary how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. “This quote from the text shows that Mary is becoming more level-headed because she knows she can't call the cops without first establishing an alibi. So she goes to the grocery store to buy some vegetables for dinner. There she interacts with the grocery store manager Sam, and acts as though nothing is the matter, and Patrick her husband is tired so they are going to stay home tonight. Here is the quote from the text "I want some potatoes, Sam, please. Yes and maybe some beans. Patrick's decided he's tired and doesn't want to eat out tonight, we usually go out on Thursdays, you know, and now