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    short stories the monkeys paw and the third wish demonstrate this quote by showing most wishes often come with unexpected consequences. These two stories are very much alike and share many similarities in both their moods, and motifs. There are many similarities between the two short stories The third wish and the monkeys paw. One major similarity they share is their overall mood. The mood both stories share is the feeling of mystery. Mystery is shown in the monkeys paw on page 88 when the…

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    In the Monkey’s Paw the author, W.W. Jacobs uses the creepiness and mystery to lure people into reading it. He uses themes, imagery, and characterization regularly in the classic three wish narrative. The main theme of the story is the danger of wishing for more than you need. The white family has what they need because they have a comfortable home and happy loving family. However they use, the monkey’s paw to wish for a seemingly harmless desire to pay off their bills with 200 pounds.…

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    The Monkey's Paw (ending) There was a knocking on the door. “Its Herbert It’s Herbert!”she cried. Mr. White immediately grabbed Mrs. White. Mrs White screaming “let me go, let me go, It's our son Herbert! You're scared of your own son?” Mrs White trying her best to get away from Mr White and she finally did. The knocking was getting louder and louder. Mr White ran to the living room looking for the monkey's paw but couldn't find it. Mrs White screaming “Herbert, Herbert! I'm coming!” Mr White…

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    In the short story “The Monkey's Paw” by W.W.Jacobs, a possible theme is, not everything is the way it seems. This is a possible theme because a lot of evidence points toward it being so. When the White’s decided to keep the Monkey’s Paw that the Sergeant-major told them to burn, everything went downhill from there. In the end, this is found to be a big mistake. When Mr. White makes the first wish he wishes for two-hundred pounds, but what he doesn't know is that making that wish was going to…

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    Reading There will come soft rain, and The monkey’s paw, i can say that the tone that the author is trying to put out from the stories is an eerie/creepy one. In There will come soft rain, The author is trying to put a weird tone into. They're both trying to make the reader wonder what’s going on. In There will come soft rain it is very confusing till the very end. The Story all together is very eerie feeling. The story is about a house that is running by itself. The entire story is based in…

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    I wish for lots of money Wouldn’t it be amazing if your wish could come true? I believe that most people would have their wishes. In the story “The Monkey’s Paw”, Mr. White can make three wishes after he gets the monkey’s paw. Unfortunately, his son is died after he makes the first wish. At the ended of story, he can’t get everything he want because he doesn’t think the consequence before he makes wish. Since the strange events might happen, I still want to make a wish. My grandmother tells me…

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    “He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey’s paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish” (Jacobs 277). And in that moment, the room suddenly became tranquil. It was as if none of the pandemonium - happening less than a second ago - had ever transpired. The living room transformed from a frightening and murky scene back into a run-of-the-mill living room, fit for any family. But the White’s were not just any family. Mr.…

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    “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Monkey’s Paw” both contain ominous endings alongside drastic actions among the characters to get their objectives completed. Both stories are similar because they both include the obsession over an object. In the “Tell Tale Heart” the narrator obsesses over an old man’s eye, and in “The Monkey's Paw” the narrator's obsess over a paw that grants wishes. Also both stories have an unknown ending. In the “Tell Tale Heart” it is unknown by the reader what happens to…

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    Have you ever wanted to know the cause and effect with tell-tale heart and the monkeys paw? The problem that is they have the same genera which is a horror. And it is hard to compare the same genera, especially since they're similar. I will be using a first person point of view in my essay. In the monkey paw the whites wanted wishes and the wishes came back and haunted them. The white family got a cursed object when they answered the door because they were confused. What creates the suspense is…

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    "The monkey ' s paw " is by WW Jacobs short story about one family of three people, featuring father, mother , and son. They are talking together general like other family. one day, they have a friend who will come to their house and this will make a large chage for their family. In the story Sergeant Morris talks about his experience in India and about the thing from a holy old man in India. That thing is a monkey ' s paw could give three wish as like the Dragon ball to three people before…

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