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    story "The Monkey’s Paw" by W.W Jacobs‚ a family friend comes over and tells the White family about the monkey’s paw and its abilities to grant wishes. When making their first wish they don’t realize that the wish will come true in exchange of a terrible consequence. Their first wish was to receive 200 pounds‚ with that wish they’re son Herbert died in a terrible accident and in exchange the place their son worked out gave them 200 pounds. Sargeant major brought the monkey’s paw to the Whites’ home

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    “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs In W.W. Jacobs’ short story‚ “The Monkey’s Paw‚” the White family is paid a visit by their acquaintance Sergeant Major Morris‚ who had came from India with an interesting talisman called the Monkey’s Paw. Sergeant Major Morris explains and warns the White family of the power of the Monkey’s Paw‚ but ends up giving it to Mr. White because he asks for it. Although warned‚ the White family uses the Monkey’s Paw to wish for something. The story only ends with Mr.

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    Imagine a magical paw that can grant your deepest desires‚ but at a terrible cost! "The Monkey’s Paw" teaches us that sometimes‚ getting what you want can lead to unexpected horrors. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs features Mr. White‚ Mrs. White‚ and their son Herbert. They get a visit from Sergeant Major Morris who talks about his journeys worldwide. He mentioned a monkey’s paw that he believes is cursed. The family‚ however‚ doesn’t believe him when he says it can grant three wishes. Despite

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    story’s “Tell-Tale Heart” and “ The Monkey’s Paw” are both crazy stories. The story “Tell-Tale Hearts” is a scary story about a man who is scared of this old man’s eye. Another story is “The Monkey’s Paw.” The story is about a man who has this monkey’s paw that has wishes. First‚ the story’s character. The “Tale-Tell Heart” characters are the narrator which is the main character‚ the old man with the big eye‚ and the police officers. The “Monkey’s Paw” characters are Mr. and Mrs.White‚ Herbert‚

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    There are many techniques that are used to create tension and suspense in ’The Monkey’s Paw’. From the very beginning we can see that the language used sets the scene and conveys the mood of the story; "the night was cold and wet". Pathetic fallacy immediately implies that the story will be based on evil and creates tension as it intrigues the reader. We can see that the language used helps the story to become fast paced which contributes to creating tension and suspense. We can also see that there

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    Suspense‚ and Mischief All Have A Major Factor In Horror Genre For Example In The Books The Monkey’s Paw‚ And Tell Tale Heart. In The Book Tell Tale Heart The Author Edgar A. Poe Showed Lots Of Mischief And Suspense And Monkey’s Paw The Author W.W. Jacobs Had Lots Of Fear And Some Surprise. Suspense had a role in both‚ The Monkey’s Paw and Tell Tale Heart Because In In the book Monkey’s Paw The author ( W.W. Jacobs ) said “ I Don’t know what his first two wishy were‚ but his last was for death

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    The story and play of the Monkey’s Paw were both alike and different in many ways. Both the play and the short story showed the story’s’ excellent elements of literature. They both included the main theme of do not mess with fate. They also showed me many other things. To begin with‚ the play was different in many small and enormous details. To contrast the character Sergeant-Major Morris‚ who was a man in the story‚ was now switched with his wife‚ who was in the play. She now proclaims that he

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    Finding the Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys In the short story‚” Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys”‚ by Harold Taw‚ Taw explains a moral about the importance of family‚ and how some people will break whatever rules to respect their family. Taw states that a Buddhist monk told his parents that he [Taw] would bring great prosperity to the family if he fed a monkey on his birthday every year for the rest of his life. Every year Taw made a point to feed a monkey on his birthday because he felt he

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    The short story ¨The monkey´s paw¨ by W.W Jacobs‚ would make a great movie. The story is about a magical charm‚ a monkey´s paw that is brought home into the White family by Sergeant Major Morris. The paw has the ability to grant 3 wishes to 3 different people. The story is very suspenseful. That would make it easier to grab the audience attention. The book would not be able to grab the attention of the audience as much as the movie would. The author uses many descriptive words to describe the story

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    Nurul Haifa 1110026000055 Literature 6 Prose Mid Term Test Character and Point of View Analysis of “The Monkey’s Paw” Short Story A. Introduction On a wet and windy night‚ John White‚ along with his wife and son‚ Herbert‚ await the arrival of an old friend‚ Sergeant Morris‚ who has been stationed in India for several years and has just recently returned home. When the guest arrives‚ the conversation soon turns to the mysteries of India. Mr. White is fascinated by the discussion of far away places

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