"Lamb to the Slaughter" Irony Paragraph

In "Lamb to the Slaughter," Roald Dahl uses irony to make the story realistic. For example, " probably right under our very noses. What you think jack?". This is dramatic irony because the reader knows that the characters are eating the murder weapon, but the characters were unaware. This also shows that, this is memorable because the reader understands why Mary Maloney starts giggling after they were eating the murder weapon, because its like the reader understands and is in on the joke. in addition, "Patrick!" she called "How are you darling?" This shows that, this is situational irony because it shows Mary, the wife, pretending like nothing happen even though she has just murdered Patrick and he was already dead. This also shows that her actions have changed since the beginning of the story when she was caring toward her husband. Her behavior is surprising which makes the readers want to keep reading. In conclusion, the irony in this story is very realistic, because when people kill people, they tend to act weird and different. Mary Maloney was acting different, she was just making herself believe that she wasn't, and that was part of the irony in this story.