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    with him a mummified and cursed monkey paw. Morris throws it in the fire but Mr.White thinks that he must have it. So he fishes out of the fire and makes a wish for 200 pounds. Little did they know that when u make a wish it costs you something. Morris did warn them of this but they did not listen. Their son lost his life due to his father's wish. Herbert was at the door at the end of the story, but not in his regular human form. He was a zombie looking, person because he had been dead for 10…

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    soon as William went out that door he sprinted for home. He got home in less than five minutes, when he went through his front door William loudly said,” I wish for all of the police in this City to disappear!” William waited for two hours before he decided he should go outside and see if his wish came true. He was hoping with all his might his wish came true. As William walked outside he could not believe what he was seeing, everything was ciaos. Buildings were on fire people were shooting at…

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    trying to find the monkey's paw that he fell on. When he finds it he tightly embraces it in his right hand trying to hide it from herbert. Mr. White still has one wish. What will he wish for? Mr. Whites hands are shaking his head is aching. This is the hardest decision of his life. Memories float through his head as he decides what to wish. As Herbet gets in the position to stab Mr. White his life flashes before his eyes. Herbert remembers all of the good times that he and his dad ever had.…

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    White and his family who get three wishes. Mr.white uses his wishes rashinoly. In “The Third Wish” the main character mr.peters, also is granted three wishes. He wished of his wishes Sisley. Both of these stories end up with consequences. In the monkey's paw there are 3 more characters and there names are Herbert white as the son and Mrs.white as the wife and Sergeant-major Morris as the visitor. In the third wish there are two other characters and there names are the king of the forest, and…

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    In line 37-39, the reader may ask themselves if Dante was justified to wish for Filippo to stay weeping in misery. The reader may think of themselves and what they would say to their enemy. One’s interpretation of Dante’s words in line 37-39 leads the rest of the scene, because if one feels that they agree with Dante and would also wish their enemies ill, then they would probably believe that Dante and Virgil are justified. However, if one were to believe…

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    between his forefinger and thumb, suddenly threw it upon the fire. White, with a slight cry, stooped down and snatched it off.” This showed that S.M. Morris already had his share of bad luck from the cursed object. “‘Hold it up in your right hand and wish... but I warn you of the consequences.’” This explicitly warns Mr. White, but he doesn’t seem to notice or…

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    The image I have chosen is an image of a man and a monkey walking together in a friendly manner down a path. You can see the monkey’s shoes left behind while they go to their walk under a blue sky with a shiny star. I have chosen this image because it was a happier moment in the book and there weren’t too many of these happy moments. At this point in the book, the monkey has just freed a man from demons with spears. He did this by breaking out of his prison of rocks and saving the man while he…

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    white dug a hole and dropped the monkey’s paw and buried it so it could never be found again. “We must move from this mad house, too much has happened” said Mr. white. “But… we can’t what if – what if he comes back” cried Mrs. White. “He wont, the last wish took care of that… our sin is resting in peace”…

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    "Be careful what you wish for." This is a common quote that most people hear many times throughout their lives. the two 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…

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    chess, on the contrary, in the play Herbert, his mother, and his father were not playing chess they were talking to each other and Herbert was going to work. I loved the theme of both, the short story and the play. The theme was be careful what you wish for, that was the same theme for both, but there was some other themes for each one individual to. The theme for the short…

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