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    The Monkey's Paw

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    Monkey’s Paw is a short horror story revolving around Mr and Mrs White and their son, Herbert. Sergeant-Major Morris, Mr White’s friend who served with the British Army in India, introduces them to a mummified monkey's paw. He tells them that an old fakir placed a spell on the paw, so that it would grant three wishes. The wishes are granted but always with grave consequences as punishment for tampering with fate. Morris, having had a scarring experience using the paw, throws the monkey's paw into the

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    The Monkey's Paw

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    Lessons in “The Monkey’s Paw” “The Monkey’s Paw” by William W. Jacobs is a gothic, horror, short story. The story takes place around the early 1900s in England. It features the White family and their experience with the mysterious monkey’s paw. “The Monkey’s Paw” has a variety of lessons throughout the story. One of the lessons taught in the story is to be careful what you wish for. One of the lessons in the “Monkey’s Paw” is to be careful what you wish for

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    Monkey's Paw

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    “Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it”—Anonymous. In W. W. Jacobs’s horror short story, The Monkey’s Paw, the author basically teaches us about how dangerous one’s wish and tampering of one’s fate can be. Because of the dangers, one must be careful since they may regret it for life and bring sorrow upon them. Throughout the story, there are certain themes that sum up most of the story: dangerous wishes and interference of fate, the clash between domesticity and the outside world, and

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    The Monkey's Paw

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    “The Monkey’s Paw” Is about the tale a family of 3, Mrs. White, Mr. White, and their son, Herbert White. There is Sergeant Morris, a very sensible and wise fellow, he wished upon the paw and lived to tell it. Herbert White, he is a joyful young man who cares about his family, followed by his old dad Mr. White, the more curious one in the family. He is obviously married to Mrs. White, a strong woman, who is the dominating and smart one of the family. The story starts off on a cold, wet night, the

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    Monkey's Paw

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    The exposition of “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs creates a warm and comfortable mood in the ready through the author’s diction, depicting the White family as innocent despite their arguable greed in using the monkey’s paw. Immediately, Jacobs describes the setting of a majority of the story as a comfortable one: “The night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly” (Jacobs 1). In contrast with the cold, wet night outside, the

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    The Monkey's Paw

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    The Monkey's Paw, by W. W. Jacobs, tells about a man who receives a monkey's paw, which will grant you three wishes. It was published in 1902, and is fictitious. The story starts with a man and his son playing chess. The man, Mr. White, loses the chess game, but then he hears the front gate close, and he knows they have a visitor. He opens the door and introduces the newcomer to his wife and son. The newcomer, Sargeant-Major Morris, tells the White family about the wars and battles he's been

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    Summary Of Monkey's Paw

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    before he arrived, the Monkey's Paw. Sgt. Major Morris brushes the idea off to the side but Mrs White curiously asks about it. He explains it as “something you would call magic,” as you get three wishes from the paw. Sgt. Major Morris talks about the first man who obtained the monkey's paw, how he doesn't know what the first to wishes were, but he knows the final wish was for death. That's how Sgt. Major Morris got the paw in the first place. Sgt. Major Morris carries the paw around with thought of

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    “The Adventures of the Paw” by tonka lytle The monkey's paw was a paw from India that had a spell on it. The spell said that 3 men could have 3 wishes. Mr. white is the third man to wish. The second was his friend named major morris. There was one man before them but no one knows his first 2 wishes. All they know is his third wish was for death. Before major morris left he said, “be careful what you wish for, for it will surely be yours.” “He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives

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    The Monkey's Paw Theme

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    “The Monkey’s Paw,” a suspenseful fictional short story written by W.W. Jacobs is a classic of the horror genre and was the based on many horror movies like “Pet Sematary”. In this short story, the author described how the White family suffers deeply by wishing for more than they needed without thinking in the consequences. He clearly established how they interfere with destiny by wishing in a curse monkey’s paw given by Morris, even though; they were aware of the risks. The risks and errors Mr.

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    Theme Of The Monkeys Paw

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    “The Monkey’s Paw,” by W.W. Jacobs is a short horror story. It tells the account of a family, whose lives are changed forever after acquiring the cursed paw of a monkey. W.W. Jacobs uses the plot conflict format to tell this story. A plot conflict essay is made up of five elements that explain the conflict as well as the events leading up to it and its aftermath. The introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution are all elements to a story. The introduction of a story is where

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