The Monkey's Paw Foreshadowing

Suspense is commonly felt while reading “The Monkey’s Paw”. Suspense is often used to create tension or mystery in the story. In the story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs, the author creates suspense in many ways. Three ways he creates suspense in the story was through setting, irony and foreshadowing. One way W.W Jacobs creates suspense in “The Monkey’s Paw” was through setting. In the first place, the setting contributes to the suspense in the story was how the weather was cold, dark and rainy as said in the story “the night was cold and wet”-374, bad things always happen at night. In addition, another suspenseful part due to the setting, was when Mr. White was listening to the spooky, howling, wind “hark at the wind”-374. The last way the setting makes the story more suspenseful is when Mr. White was complaining about where they live “of all the beastly, slushy, out-of-the-way places to live, this is the worst…only two houses on the road are let including ours”-374. Alas, these are all examples of a setting that may build up suspense in a story. Terrible things always happen in …show more content…
One example of foreshadowing in the story was “I don’t see the money and I bet I never shall.”-378. Another example is “… how would 200lbs hurt you father?”-378. One more example of foreshadowing in the story is “he sat alone... staring at the fire...seeing faces in it”-Herbert-380. These are all examples of foreshadowing used in “The Monkey’s Paw”. The first example is foreshadowing that something bad may happen in the future to Herbert and he really will not see the money. The second example is foreshadowing that maybe the 200lbs will hurt his father. The third example is foreshadowing that something bad may happen to Herbert in the future regarding the paw and the faces are a sign. These are all examples of foreshadowing W.W Jacobs used in “The Monkey’s Paw”to show