What is the meaning of the title "Lamb to the Slaughter?"
In the short story Lamb to the Slaughter, a woman kills her husband with a piece of lamb.Bringing a lamb to slaughter means to kill it.The title is ironic because the husband is being brought the slaughter and the lamb is the weapon in the whole affair.Simple as that.
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"lamb to the slaughter" means the killing of an innocent as sacrifice for a greater community.
"He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth, like a sheep that is silent before its shearers," is a phrase found in the Bible.The new American standard version.