What is the theme of “Lamb to the Slaughter?” 8 sentences

This reminds me of the song Blood//Water hahahha

Although here is your

The violence of devotion: Mary's impulsive murder comes in the wake of her beloved husband's announcement that he is abandoning her and their unborn child. Her subsequent decision to cover up the murder is not rooted in self-preservation but rather maternal devotion.

The fragility of identity: Mary is a model housewife; for her, Patrick's abandonment is not simply a betrayal but also an undermining of Mary's identity. In the wake of the murder, she must reconstruct herself in order to protect her unborn child. 

the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. parallelism is a technique which author used in sentence as substitute of repeated synthetical similarities. it is the effect of rhetorical technique.

explanation:

well stockyards mean a large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and sorted. and i'm assuming that by party you   mean a large group of people which does make sense because chicago is a very crowded place much like new york. stockyards tend to take up a lot of room due to needing the area for pens to keep animals in and the fact that stockyards are usually right by slaughterhouse where they process and distribute the product. so its much like a zoo but with some dead animal products close by.