LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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When Billy realizes the tea is poisoned
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When she says Billy was the only person to come here in the last two years
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When Billy discovers everything is stuffed
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When she compares Billy to the other two people who have stayed there.
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Detailed explanation-1: -As you know, Roald Dahl ended “The Landlady” at the climax of the story. In other words, there was no resolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -In ‘The Landlady, ’ the landlady kills Billy by putting arsenic in his tea. As Billy is drinking, they discuss the previous two boarders, both of whom had disappeared after having lodged in her home. It is then that Billy realizes that he smells almonds, which is what the poison arsenic smells like.
Detailed explanation-3: -In “The Landlady, ” the climax occurs at the very end of the story when the landlady tells Billy that he is her only guest since the two young men whose names Billy has been trying to place with an event since he saw them on her register.
Detailed explanation-4: -In The Landlady, readers are left in suspense. The story ends after Billy asks the landlady if anyone else has visited the hotel in the last 2-3 years, then the landlady answers, "Only you."