Mary Malone's character is well-described through direct characterization all throughout the story Lamb to the Slaughter.. This direct characterization occurs each time the author describes Mary physically and in detail. An example of direct characterization is.
State Fossil: Basilosaurus cetoides This fossil whale lived in the Gulf of Mexico, which during the Eocene (~ 50-40 million years ago) extended over much of the Gulf Coast region. The first Basilosaurus fossils were found along the bluffs of the Ouachita River in Alabama in 1832.
There, the official Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Geological Survey, both still headed by Smith, housed significant collections of rocks, fossils, plants, and animals. When Smith died in 1927, the care of the museum passed to his handpicked successor, Walter B. Jones, also a geologist.