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The Monkey's Paw
Fate, as spelled out in the text, controls the lives of all people. This is a deterministic viewpoint, the idea that every action is pre-determined and that all people are simply living out their...
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The Monkey's Paw
In W. W. Jacobs's celebrated short story "The Monkey's Paw," Mr. White saves Sergeant-Major Morris's monkey's paw from the fire and proceeds to wish for two hundred pounds using the magic talisman....
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The Monkey's Paw
Out of the four main characters in W.W. Jacobs's celebrated short story "The Monkey's Paw," Mr. White seems to be the easiest person to identify with because he is the protagonist of the story and...
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The Monkey's Paw
W. W. Jacobs published this story in 1902 in England, so the more than one hundred years difference between then and now, and the fact that Jacobs is using British English (which by 1902 was...
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The Monkey's Paw
To be able to answer this question, it is important to trace the plot of the story to the point of the dialog. The short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs begins on a stormy night as Mr....
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The Monkey's Paw
The setting at the beginning of the story is "the small parlour of Laburnam Villa." It is "cold and wet" outside, but inside the "blinds [are] drawn and the fire burns brightly." The contrast...
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The Monkey's Paw
W. W. Jacobs’ famous story “The Monkey’s Paw” falls into the genre of horror stories. The White family’s treacherous encounter with the ugly, magical talisman serves as a statement against placing...
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The Monkey's Paw
Mr. and Mrs. White's young son, Herbert, dies in a tragic workplace accident at a factory operated by the firm of Maw and Meggins. Apparently, he was caught in the machinery, which was an all too...
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The Monkey's Paw
The Whites begin the story as a happy family, but their wish on the monkey's paw changes everything. After they are told that their son has tragically died in a factory accident, Mrs. White is...
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The Monkey's Paw
Sergeant-Major Morris's behavior does not directly reveal facts about the monkey's paw, but the reader certainly forms ideas about the nature of the object based on his behavior. First, there is...
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The Monkey's Paw
Sergeant-Major Morris throws the monkey's paw onto the fire because he wants to destroy it; he knows just how dangerous it is. He knows that his strange object has dark, magical powers with which...
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The Monkey's Paw
One possible alternate ending might be that Mr White is unable to prevent the entry of his son, returned from the grave, into the house. This would take the story into full-blown gothic horror...
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The Monkey's Paw
The short story “The Monkey’s Paw” was written by W. W. Jacobs and was first published in 1902. In the story, Mr. White gets hold of a monkey’s paw. According to his friend Morris, who was the...
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The Monkey's Paw
The story could've been set pretty much anywhere, but setting it in a remote part of England makes it all the more effective. The reason for this is that it makes for an intriguing contrast between...
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The Monkey's Paw
One of the greatest sources of fear is ignorance, and Jacobs expertly plays upon ignorance to generate fear in The Monkey's Paw. Take the monkey's paw itself, for example. Although we don't know...
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The Monkey's Paw
The monkey's paw itself is arguably the most important symbol in the story. It stands as a representation of ignorance, greed, and man's endless capacity for folly. Even though Sergeant-Major...
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The Monkey's Paw
The characters of Mr. and Mrs. White seem to change in opposite ways in W.W. Jacobs's short story "The Monkey's Paw." In the beginning of the story, Mr. White appears to be something of a risk...
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The Monkey's Paw
W. W. Jacobs does not reveal a significant amount of information about Herbert's character but depicts him as an intuitive, playful individual who has a strong relationship with his parents....
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The Monkey's Paw
One of the primary themes explored throughout Jacobs's classic short story "The Monkey's Paw" concerns fate and the consequences of attempting to interfere with one's destiny. In Part One of the...
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The Monkey's Paw
The theme of this story is that the price of taking shortcuts to try to improve one's life is not worth the cost. Mr. and Mrs. White, urged on by their son Herbert, succumb to temptation and decide...
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The Monkey's Paw
In part 1 of the story, Sergeant-Major Morris visits the White family on a stormy evening and begins telling the family about his fascinating experiences in India. Eventually, Mr. White asks...
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The Monkey's Paw
When Sergeant-Major Morris visits the White family, he shares his monkey's paw with them, telling them that the paw has the power to grant three wishes to three separate men. This doesn't seem like...
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The Monkey's Paw
One of the most obvious moral lessons in "The Monkey's Paw" is to be careful what you wish for: It just might come true. The curse of the claw is based on this premise. The paw's wishes always come...
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The Monkey's Paw
Two main conflicts make up the story: man vs. fate and man vs. man. In wishing on the monkey's paw to receive a sum of money, the Whites attempt to control fate. Their wish comes true, but...
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The Monkey's Paw
At the beginning of the story, Mr. White is depicted as a careless, easy-going old man who enjoys spending time with his family. In the opening scene, Mr. White puts his king in "sharp and...
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The Monkey's Paw
In the first few lines of the story Jacobs establishes an appropriately spooky mood by giving a detailed description of the weather. Outside the White residence, it is cold and wet, just the kind...
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The Monkey's Paw
W. W. Jacobs sets the mood of the story through his description of the setting and threatening weather as well as the atmosphere surrounding Sergeant-Major Morris's visit and interaction with the...
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The Monkey's Paw
From the opening scene of the story, it is clear that Mrs. White has a strong and loving bond with her son. When their son beats his father in a game of chess, his father catches "a knowing glance...
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The Monkey's Paw
The theme for Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw" can be taken from what Morris says about the reason that the fakir creates the talisman: "He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those...
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The Monkey's Paw
In part 1 of W. W. Jacobs's classic short story "The Monkey's Paw," Mr. White retrieves Sergeant-Major Morris's monkey's paw from the fire and proceeds to wish for two hundred pounds using the...
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The Monkey's Paw
1. Mr. White and his son are playing chess, waiting for the arrival of their visitor, Sergeant Major Morris.2. Morris arrives and shows them the monkey's paw, telling them of its unusual history,...
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The Monkey's Paw
In part one, Sergeant-Major Morris gives Mr. White a magic monkey's paw and he proceeds to wish for two hundred pounds while holding the talisman. In part two, a messenger from Herbert's work...
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The Monkey's Paw
This is a very good question as much of the suspense in the early part of "The Monkey's Paw" is indeed generated by the tension between the respective views of Sergeant-Major Morris and Mr. White...
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The Monkey's Paw
"The Monkey's Paw," by W.W. Jacobs, contains many examples of foreshadowing that create suspense as to the story's ending. Many of these examples occur quite early in the story arousing curiosity...
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The Monkey's Paw
In The Monkey's Paw, the author creates suspense through the mystery surrounding the monkey's paw. When Sergeant Major Morris visits the Whites, he brings with him the very vague and mysterious...
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The Monkey's Paw
One could argue that Sergeant-Major Morris is by far the most sensible character in the story. Sergeant-Major Morris initially visits the White family on a stormy night and elaborates on his exotic...
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The Monkey's Paw
Herbert White, the first character to suffer from the drastic manner in which the monkey's paw grants wishes, and Mrs. White are the most inclined to take risks in this story. Initially, this is...
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The Monkey's Paw
As with all works of literature, the main theme of this work can be interprete in various ways, and there can be more than one theme. The most obvious theme seems to be spelled out overtly for the...
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The Monkey's Paw
In W. W. Jacobs's short story "The Monkey's Paw," the narrator describes Sergeant-Major Morris's blotchy face as turning white when he replies, "I have," to Herbert's question why he doesn't ask...
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The Monkey's Paw
As you suggest, the number "3" is significant in the short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs. The structure of the story is full of threes. For example, it is written in three parts. All...
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The Monkey's Paw
The setting of the story—the White's home—serves as a unifying device for the story. The fact that the Whites have secluded themselves in a remote house, difficult to reach, contrasts with the...
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The Monkey's Paw
Although the father insists on paying a small sum for the paw, ironically, it is Herbert White, his son, who is most eager to try it out. Despite being forewarned that the exotic paw from India...
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The Monkey's Paw
While this line does connect to theme, it's important to look at the end of this specific sentence. "He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who tried to change it would be...
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The Monkey's Paw
This is a good question. Chess often shows a person's character, and it certainly does in this short story. First, the text says that Mr. White made a serious mistake while playing chess with his...
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The Monkey's Paw
I assume that you are asking about the story "The Monkey's Paw." So I will edit the question to show this assumption. I hope I am right. In this story, Sergeant-Major Morris has warned the White...
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The Monkey's Paw
It is with bitter hindsight that the lonely, aggrieved Mr. and Mrs. White recognize the power of the talisman and the prophetic words of the sergeant who brought the fateful monkey's paw: "Better...
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The Monkey's Paw
Mr. White casually mentions that Sergeant-Major Morris told him something about a monkey's paw the other day. He asks him to elaborate on what he told him, but Morris immediately tries to close...
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The Monkey's Paw
This suspenseful story has a great deal to work with as it really keeps you on the edge of your seat while reading. Consider the following three events that really build tension and suspense: He...
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The Monkey's Paw
At the beginning of the story, Mr. White plays his son, Herbert, in a game of chess and continually puts his king in "sharp and unnecessary perils." By putting his king in peril, Mr. White is...
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The Monkey's Paw
It is so bright and sunny the next morning that Mr. and Mrs. White and Herbert laugh over their creepy sensations of anxiety about the monkey's paw the night before. Mr. White had wished for 200...
