Creasion, Tension And Suspense In The Monkey's Paw

The Monkey’s Paw is a fictional story in which an old fakir has put a cursed spell on the paw of monkey, and three separate people get three wishes each. The problem is, the paw is cursed, and all wishes have terrible consequences. Two people had already used their wishes, Sergeant Major Morris and another person who wished for death as their third wish. As the plot develops, suspense and tension rise.
In the exposition, which takes up the biggest part of the story, most of the information and the main conflict is revealed. The Monkey’s Paw begins on a stormy night in England at the house of the White family, in a remote area. Information is revealed to the reader that the Whites’ are an older couple with an adult son named Herbert. The reader later learns that Mr. White served in the military, and is expecting a visit from an old combat friend, Sergeant Major Morris. The Sergeant has just returned from a twenty-one year deployment …show more content…
In the Monkey’s Paw the climax is when Mrs. White hears a knocking at the door and tries to open it. It is assumed that Herbert is at the door, and fearing what might happen if she opens the door, Mr. White frantically tries to find the paw, to make the banging stop. The tension was at its highest point at this time because the reader did not know whether Herbert, who was possibly in horrific conditions, would be let into the house by Mrs. White, or wished away by Mr. White. The author states that Mrs. White was crying and panicking, and Mr. White was frantically breathing. This shows how much stress was on the Whites’ as the climax was in progress. Leading to the end of the climax, the tension and suspense comes to an end when Mr. White makes a wish and the banging suddenly stops. The conflict and tension then start to diminish, leading into the falling action. The falling action is the section of the plot right after the