The Monkey's Paw

“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner both detail the tragedy of loss and how one reacts to it. Tragedy is an ever- present occurrence in life, and death is often the cause of it, this is the main cause of conflict in both texts. However both stories go on to teach us that clinging to the dead is unhealthy for the living. Both living parties refuse to accept that their loved ones are dead and become unstable because of it. Their vitality also continues to…

Agatha Christie, each of the character's fate all decided by that one person, the host. Whereas the character´s in ¨The Monkey's Paw¨ are given their fate by a ¨magical¨ item, a monkey's paw. Both tie into gothic literature, And Then There Were None is tied in by suspicion, murder, and a gloomy, mysterious setting. On the other hand, ¨The Monkey's Paw,¨ is tied in by supernaturalism, a paw of a monkey deciding a person's fate. Both of the stories may be tied into gothic literature, even though…

precautions to save lives there were only enough lifeboats for the rich. The lack of caring and other important qualities makes humans their own worst enemies. This is exemplified by the way the characters act in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs, and “There will come soft rains....” by Ray Bradbury. The characters in “The Lottery” prove themselves to be deceptively vicious and cruel. In a small village all the townsfolk are congregated in the…

stories to their plays. There are differences in the setting like it is limited in propes and space and the time period. One of the setting differences is that in the monkey's paw there was no chess game in the play but is was in the story and they had to fill the hole with talking. There was also a lack of stairs in The Monkey's Paw and in the Tell-Tail Heart. Their for they had to change the arranging of things to be just on one floor. Another one is that in The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow it did…

tried to stop him from doing a terrible deed he also continues to defend himself saying he’s not mad throughout the story. This alone proves how much of a distorted person he is in his sense of reality. In the stories the black cat and the monkey's paw the Narrator and Mr.White both have a distorted sense of reality. In the story the black cat the main character…

would do in positions of power and some have done great things but not all have used that wisely. In the Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs it shows many themes but the one I take away from this passage is “Power can corrupt and must be used wisely” The passage can conveys this theme with the the death of the son, fleeting sanity of the wife, of the family being torn apart. One of the main reasons why the paw can be considered evil is the cruel way it used its power to kill the son implied in this…

The most successful out of the three versions of building up suspense in the Monkey’s Paw is the short story by W.W. Jacob. In other words, the short story captures the most vulnerable moments of life in story and then all of a sudden the mood changes into phycological. One piece of textual evidence is showing the mother is in relief, then is not “Thank God for that! Thank---”(Jacobs 5). This shows how her mood turns from hopeful to paralyzed. Mrs. White had wanted a feeling of happiness and it…

The Monkey’s Paw After reading the story The Monkey’s Paw it is clear that there are many different themes that the reader can pull from it. Not every reader might see the same themes and the themes they see might come from a different aspect of the story. For me I saw themes appear within the characters. But how do these themes in the story show in the main characters? The first theme that jumped out at me was mystery. The author describes how the night was cold and wet. When we read about…

I remember have seen Homer Simpson asked for three wishes in a TV Halloween special using monkey’s paw, so when I started reading this short story I immediately made the connection. I was waiting for something spooky and scary. Even I waited until midnight to start reading in order to create ambience. The author never wrote something supernatural, everything is in the mind of the reader, that’s what I love about this story. Every time that Mr. white was thinking to make a wish I started to have…

The story I am choosing to dissect and break down is “The monkey’s paw” Now this story stuck out to me more than the others. The idea that if you grasp the monkey’s paw in your right hand and whatever you wished came true just caught my eye. The story was well put together and had many things I personally enjoyed the suspense of the wishes the penalty of wishing and the element of horror. I really enjoyed both the story and the production but, as much as I liked the story and the play there…