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14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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who is the author?
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W.W. Jacobs
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who is the protagonist? |
Mr. White
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is Mr. White flat or round?
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round
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what were Mr.White's characteristics?
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father, competitive, friendly, curious, naive, persuasive,risk taker, cautious, reserved, protective, regretful, supersticious, depressed, afraid
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Who is Mr. and Mrs. Whites son?
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Herbert |
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what are Herbert's characteristics?
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son, clever, skeptical, reckless, smart, sarcastic, hard-working
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is Herbert flat or round
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flat |
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What Mr. White and Herbert doing while waiting for Sergeant-Major? |
Playing Chess |
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Symbolism for chess in the story |
Death |
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what are examples of foreshadowing?
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Sergeant warns Whites several times about the monkeys paw. Herbert says, (well i dont see the money and i suspect i never shall.". Herbert sees the scary faces in the fire.
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what is the theme?
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people who mess with fate could suffer negative consequences
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what is the denouement?
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Mrs. White wishes Herbert back alive. There was a knock on the door. Mrs. WHite starts undoing the locks and bolts to open it. Mr. White wishes Herbert dead again.
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what is the climax?
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when Mr. White makes his first wish on the monkey's paw because that is the the trigger for all of the problems later in the story
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what is the inciting incident?
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when Sergeant Morris brought up the monkey's paw
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