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1. How is the setting described in the first paragraph of “Lamb to Slaughter”? What items are described in the room?

In the first paragraph, the home environment that Mary Maloney creates each day for her husband is described as follows: "The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight-hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the sideboard behind her, two tall glasses, soda water, whiskey. Fresh ice cubes in the Thermos bucket."

2. What foreshadowing can be seen in the curtains as described in the first paragraph of “Lamb to Slaughter”?

The curtains are drawn despite the fact that it is still daylight out. Were the curtains not drawn, someone may have seen Mrs. Maloney commit her murderous act. However, they are drawn, and the dark room is sinisterly lit with two dim table lamps, further adding to the eerie mood.

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