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.
Iguanodon was the first dinosaur to be named on the Isle of Wight. William Smith had found isolated Iguanodon bones in a quarry at Cuckfield in Sussex during 1809, and now it is believed that Dean William Buckland had also discovered Iguanodon remains on the Island prior to 1822.