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    characters‚ and resolutions between two-short stories‚ The Monkey’s Paw‚ and The Third Wish. Both stories have three wishes. The characters in each story are Mr. White from The Monkey’s Paw which was written by W. W. Jacobs‚ and Mr. Peters from The Third Wish by Joan Aiken. The Monkey’s Paw is about a family who obtained a cursed monkey paw‚ as they make their wishes consequences happen but not in a way you imagined it. And The Third Wish is about a man who saved a swan who gives him three wishes.

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    The stories “The Third Wish‚” and “The Monkey’s Paws” demonstrate a twist in fate. What can three wish do to a normal guy? Can it change his life forever? “The Third Wish‚” and “The Monkey’s Paws” are more similar than different because they both involve three wishes. These three wishes brings along tragic accidents‚ great sadness‚ and many regrets. In “The Third wish‚” Mr. Peters help saves the King of the Forest‚ who later grants Mr. Peters three wishes. In “The Monkey’s Paws‚” Mr. Whites acquire

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    The point-by-point method: Aunty Misery and the monkey´s paw. In the Aunty misery we can see‚ the death climbed the tree like the other children did‚ and he got stocked like them..And we can look in the monkey´s paw all of them asked wishes in the same way. Aunty misery has a setting where live an old woman with a beautiful tree of delicious pears‚ where death got socked and they are kids in the neighborhoods. The setting of the monkey´s paw is really mysterious and suspenseful… it takes place

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    “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken vastly incorporate the element of theme throughout the course of the story. For example‚ “The Monkey’s Paw” illustrates the consequences of greed. For instance‚ the Whites were given the opportunity to make three wishes with the monkey’s paw. With this‚ the family wished for two hundred pounds‚ in hopes of clearing their house. “‘I wish for two hundred pounds‚’ said the old man distinctly” (Jacobs 109). Wishing for money proves

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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 Monkeys 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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    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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    “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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    BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR A suspenseful and horrific 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

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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

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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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