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“The Monkey’s Paw” is a suspenseful, fictional story by W.W Jacob that teaches the theme to be content with what you have and wish cautiously. The story begins with a cozy, peaceful setting - a fire burned brightly, father and his son were playing chess, and mother was knitting with tranquillity. Further into the story, the family obtains a magical monkey paw capable of granting three wishes to any three people at the cost of substantial consequence. The purpose of this paw was to teach not to interfere

work. The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs has displayed an eerie sense of forbiddenness with the help of the author's characterization, literary devices, and choice words to make it an edgy and suspenseful masterpiece. The most important part of a fictional work are the characters and their respective beliefs and views of the situation at hand. In the beginning of the story, our cast - Mr. and Mrs. White, Herbert White and Sergeant-Major Morris- all have different views of the mystic paw they have with them

anything that is changed could come with unintended consequences. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken both illustrate this theme. They demonstrate this by granting the main character three wishes, but with each wish that is granted, brings undesirable consequences. The main idea of this essay is to compare and contrast “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish.” Although the “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish” are both fantasies and have similar themes, they have different

In both stories “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Keys of Destiny” they prove that money isn’t the source of happiness. Even though they have the same theme the two authors get this theme across in two completely different ways. With the story “The Monkey's Paw” the author uses the death of Herbert (the son of one of main character) to reveal the theme, while in “The Keys of Destiny” the author uses the keys of destiny to get the same effect. The main reason that the themes are presented differently is

what you wish for!", in this piece, I will compare and contrast "The Monkeys Paw", by W.W. Jacobs, to "The Third Wish", by Joan Aiken. The stories share many similarities, but they also share many differences! The difrences I will be sharing are, first wish and consequences, and main characters and what they want. And the similaritie is, the theme. For one difrence, the first wish and consequences. In the Monkeys Paw, the first wish is for 200lbs., but the consequence is Herbert's death. In the

"The Necklace," "A Monkey's Paw," and "The Gift of Magi" all have a distinctive technique that leads to a deeper meaning of the story. The technique of "The Necklace" is represented by symbolism of the necklace. In "A Monkey's Paw," the technique that is seen is foreshadowing. In "The Gift of Magi," irony is the technique that is noticed throughout the story. All three short stories deal with the irony of consequence. Each story involved a major decision and in each case the result of the decision

Be thankful for what you have! There are many similarities and differences between “ The monkey's paw” By W.W. Jacobs and the “ The third wish” by Joan Aiken. One difference is the main character and what they wanted. Another big difference is both stories first wish. Last but not least, a similarity between the stories is the theme. The main characters in the “ The monkey's paw” is Mr. White and the main character in “The third wish” is Mr. Petters. They both want to see different things with

The theme for the story “Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs is fate rules peoples' lives, and that those who try to interfere with destiny do so at their own expense. The story is about a family that gets a magically cursed paw that grants three people three wishes. They wish for money, but it didn't come in the way they expected. Their son ends up dead, and Mrs.White goes crazy. She misses him so badly, she ends up wishing for him back. When she makes the wish, she doesn't specify what for he should

Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs, one unfortunate family (The Whites) ends up with a mysterious, magical paw that supposedly grants three wishes to three men. However, making wishes on this paw comes with many repercussions, and leads to several unfavorable events. This suffering and misfortune is the cause of the actions of one man; Mr. White. His terrible decisions lead to woe and melancholy. In the first scene, Mr. White, even after being advised not to, took the monkey’s paw from Morris

away because of an object. The stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs are two stories with a similar theme. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs has good relationships, but what happens when magic is involved? This story is about the White family at the Laburnum Villa in the night; Someone close to them passes away, and they try to use the Monkey’s Paw to bring them back. What causes suspense to build up is that stories foreshadow what’s going to happen