The differences and similaritiy between 'Lamb To The Slaughter' and 'The Way Up To Heaven'

*This is nothing to do with cars!*

In LTTS, Mary Maloney killed her husband by murdering after knowing that he does not love her anymore. Patrick shows no love for his wife anymore. The time taken for the murder was much story than the other story, 'The Way Up To Heaven'. Mary kills her husband in one blow with the lamb leg.

Mr. Foster died worse than Patrick - hence Mrs Foster is more cruel than Mary Maloney, because Mrs Foster let her husband die slowly after he was trapped in the lift, instead of calling the technician.

I think the similarity between the two stories is that both wives are cruel - however, the wives actually loved their husbands, but the male characters showed little or no love to them. the wives just do not care how much love they gave, or how well they treated themselves, the wives still love them. However, both of them also initiated the murder, and they do not love their husbands anymore - the conflict has totally changed.