"Mrs. Macomber, in the car, had shot at the buffalo with the 6.5 Mannlicher as it seemed about to gore Macomber and had hit her husband about two inches up and a little to one side of the base of his skull" (28), but what makes a wife shot her husband? In the story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway, one of the most scandalous moments occurs when Mrs. Macomber shoots her husband, …showed first 75 words of 847 total…

…showed last 75 words of 847 total…of taking down the buffalo, she still shot him because she knew the cover-up story was there. From having a perfect cover-up story, cheating, living in a shaky marriage, and hating her husbands personal traits were all reasons why Margot murdered her husband. Margot saw her husband growing stronger towards the end, and she knew that Francis would end up leaving her. Having the constant fear of Francis leaving her, she ends up killing him.