of Prose Reader Response Analysis of W. W. Jacobs’ Short Story: Monkey’s Paw The short story which is going to be analyzed in this paper is Monkey’s Paw. It is a horror short story by William Wymark Jacobs. He is an English author of short stories and novels. The story itself is divided into three parts and will be determine the constituent and supplementary events of it. The constituent event is an event‚ what if it is removed‚ will make a gap in a plot of the story. It is also known
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Monkey’s Paw Essay People disregard the warnings of others all the time; whether it is from a teacher‚ a parent‚ or perhaps an older sibling (Attention grabber). As displayed in W.W Jacobs’s short story‚ “The Monkeys Paw”‚ about a family’s fate-changing experience with a magical paw (Transition). The cynical paw‚ in fact‚ belonged to a monkey; it contained three wishes for three different people (Background). There are countless warnings given to the White family through out the story‚ yet foolish
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A Monkeys Paw Vs The Tell Tale Heart Dayvon Thorpe A Monkeys Paw Seargent Major Morris has come to visit Mr. White and his family after 21-years. He had brought along a Monkey ’s Paw. He told the family all about its great powers and how it can grant you 3 wishes. Morris had already had its three wishes so he didn ’t want the paw anymore. Morris so threw the paw upon the fire. Mr. White with a slight cry stooped down and snatched it off. Morris had warned
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piece of literature‚ “The Monkey Paw” is written by W.W Jacobs. A quaint family of three receives an unusual monkey paw that is capable of making any three wishes come true. Despite the caveat of a curse attached to the paw‚ the family chooses to make a wish‚ evoking from the story a suspenseful attitude as the reader becomes wrapped up in finding out the Smiths’ fated ends. With the combination of W.W Jacobs’ settings‚ characters‚ and foreshadowing‚ the theme of the story‚ “that fate cannot be decided
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“Be careful what you wish for”‚ a common phrase I am sure many people have heard throughout their lives. W.W. Jacob’s takes this phrase and writes his short story The Monkeys Paw around this phrase. We all wish for something extraordinary out of life‚ Hell‚ even I have my occasional “God‚ I wish…” ; but as we all know “ask and thee shall receive” is easier said then done. Jacobs interpetation of wishing is similar to alchemy in which the first law known as the law of equivalent exchange‚ which states
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The Monkeys Paw is a short story by William Wymark Jacobs which I think can represent humans unconscious desperation for control. It was originally published September 1902 and has been classified as horror (genre). It’s plot revolve around our curious characters Mr. and Mrs. White which make the mistake of playing with fate. In this case having in adventurous personality doesn’t really help them. That is of course if they were affected in a negative way by the consequences. The story begins
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The Monkey’s Paw” was written by William Wymark Jacobs‚ or W.W. Jacobs. Jacobs was a comedic writer‚ and his stories fascinated both his readers and listeners. It would be interesting to dissect the story of “The Monkey’s Paw” to reveal the use of symbolism and imagery. These two elements of literature could provide the reader with a deeper understanding of Jacob’s work. The Whites family had three people‚ namely Mr. White‚ Mrs. White‚ and their son Herbert White. They are a happy family with a safe
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It was a man and son playing checkers on a cold night when a man comes to the door. It was sergeant major Morris. He brought a monkeys ow that he got from a fakir. The monkey’s paw allowed three different people three wishes. Sergeant Morris wanted to get rid of the monkeys paw but Mr.White refused. Mr. white wanted the wishes. He wished for two-thousand pounds. He got what he wanted but it had a consequence with it. His son Herbert got caught in the machinery at work and was killed. Mrs. White wished
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If you could have any wish in the world‚ what would you wish for? In “the Monkeys Paw” by W.W. Jacobs a family is torn apart when they receive a cursed talisman from a friend. Herbert was responsible for his own death which will be seen through several examples from the text. The evidence will show that Herbert is responsible for his own death. In the text Herbert is the one that suggested the wished that killed him‚ as by this point his mother and father haven’t decided yet. The text quotes “If
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two similar short stories have an outrageous background. The first short story we read was called “The Monkeys Paw”‚ written by W.W. Jacobs. The second short story we read was called “The Leap”‚ written by Louise Erdich. In the Monkeys Paw‚ the White family deals with death and wishes granted by a devious magical spell. In the Leap‚ A family deals with death and a crazy‚ dangerous‚ more realistic situation. The two types of writing are Reflective essay and short story. As the readers enjoy these two
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