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    The “The Monkey Paw” Have you ever ignored people's warnings? Did you ever not mind your actions or decisions? The Monkey Paw story illustrates to people that you should always be careful of what people wish for and never ignore people's warnings because if you ignore them, your bad decisions will return to you in the future as bad things. In "The Monkey's Paw," W.W. Jacob uses craft moves such as description, symbolism, and actions to demonstrate that people should always be mindful of the decisions

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    White makes a wish he thought would be innocent and would benefit the family without listening to what Sargeant-Major Morris warned him about the deadly monkey´s paw. Later after he makes the wish, he finds out the monkey´s paw indeed worked, and the thing he wished for costed the life of his beloved son. Mr. And Ms. White, terrifies of the monkey´s paw, decide not to try it ever again. But Ms. White, inconsolable with her only child´s death, decides to take a risk and wish for her son to come back to

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    then something happens and it shocks you. That is an example of suspense. Read some more examples of suspense in the rest of the story.Suspense is a literary device in the horror genre. Here are some examples of suspense that I found in the book Monkey Paw.The first example is “She was watching a mysterious movement of a man outside trying to make up his mind.” (line 76) This explains that this causes the reader to feel uneasy and wonder if the man has bad intentions.The second example is “What

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    than they actually are to attract the more wealthy people towards them or in other words, to fake it until they make it. All of these acts are deception, the intentional act of portraying something fraudulently. In “The Necklace” and “The Monkey’s Paw” the theme of deception is addressed by both de Maupassant and Jacobs, suggesting everything is not what it seems and that true value solely depends on how a person perceives it to be. That is to say that in “The Necklace,” Mathilde’s perception of

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    Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Monkeys Paw”. In both stories, each one has a conflict, and in “The Monkeys Paw” they found out that with each wish comes a consequence. Also in “The Tell-tales Heart” the man is filled with such grief he rats himself out. The cause and effect relationships in the "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Monkeys Paw" the old man rats himself out and for each wish that was granted came a consequence. The reason readers may get scared is because in "The Monkeys Paw" they make the mistake

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    As an example, in “The Monkeys Paw”, Mr. And Mrs. White are warned about the consequences that The Paw could cause, but instead, they still choose to overlook the consequences which leads to the loss their son’s life. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, the Narrator is overwhelmed with the desire for self-satisfaction so much that he doesn’t see that his actions could impact many people and even make himself realize he made a terrible mistake. Because of this, in both “The Monkeys Paw” by W. W. Jacobs and “The

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    Monkey Paw better Ending The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house. He heard the chair drawn back and the door opened. A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond. The street lamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road. What I think is going to happen next. While Mrs. White was in the house the dead Herbert their son

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    This essay is going over the compare and contrast of cause and effect relationships between “he Tell-Tale Heart” By Edgar Alan Poe and “The Monkeys Paw” By W.W Jacobs. Throughout the next few paragraphs, I will be explaining the lessons you can take from in these two stories. Although not exactly alike in the story, they both show cause-and-effect relationships clearly. Throughout, please take note of the explanations for the relationships and why I decided to write about those two stories specifically

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    Mr. White He took the monkey paw even after being warned about it. Shows he is one to take risks without taking into consideration any consequences he could face. Mrs. White Asking Mr. White if he had given anything in return for taking the monkey paw. Shows that Mrs. White believes in fairness, which is further touched upon later in the story as her main source of hope.

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    How typical are The signalman by Charles Dickens, The monkeys paw by W.W Jacobs and The red room by H.G Wells of the gothic genre? Gothic stories were written in the middle of the eightieth century these include ‘Frankenstein’ written by Mary Shelley and ‘Jane Eyre’ written by Charlotte Bronte. Other gothic stories also include ‘The Signalman’ by Charles Dickens, ‘The Monkeys Paw’ by W.W Jacobs and ‘The red room’ written by H.G wells. Gothic stories were started by Horace Walpole who wrote

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