The Monkey's Paw
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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THE MONKEY'S PAW
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What is "The monkey's paw"? What is Herbert White’s attitude toward the monkey’s paw? Cite textual evidence from the selection to support your answer.
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The monkey's paw it's just an ordinary little paw dried to a mummy that make your wishes come true with some serious consequences
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Textual citation:
"Well, it's just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps," said the sergeant-major, offhandedly.
His three listeners leaned forward eagerly. The visitor absent-mindedly put his empty glass to his lips and then set it down again. His host filled it for him.
"To look at," said the sergeant-major, fumbling in his pocket, "it's just an ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy."
He took something out of his pocket and proffered it. Mrs. White drew back with a grimace, but her son, taking it, examined it curiously.
"And what is there special about it?" inquired Mr. White as he took it from his son, and having examined it, placed it upon the table.
"It had a spell put on it by an old fakir," said the sergeant-major, "a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it."
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What is Herbert White's attitude toward the monkey's paw?
He was very curious about it
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Textual citation:
"I should like to see those old temples and fakirsand jugglers," said the old man. "What was that you started telling me the other day about a monkey's paw or something, Morris?"
"Nothing," said the soldier, hastily. "Leastways nothing worth hearing."
"And what is there special about it?" inquired Mr. White as he took it from his son, and having examined it, placed it upon the table.
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How does the author of “The Monkey’s Paw” use foreshadowing in the first chapter to suggest that the spell placed on the paw might not bring happiness to whoever possesses it? Cite textual evidence from the selection to support your answer.
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When Morris wants to throw it to the fire saying "Better let it burn"
And "Hold it up in your right hand and wish aloud," said the sergeant-major, "but I warn you of the consequences."
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Textual citation
He took the paw, and dangling it between his forefinger and thumb, suddenly threw it upon the fire. White, with a slight cry, stooped down and snatched it off.
"Better let it burn," said the soldier, solemnly.
"If you don't want it, Morris," said the other, "give it to me."
"I won't," said his friend, doggedly. "I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don't blame me for what happens. Pitch it on the fire again like a sensible man."
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Compare Mr. White’s feelings about the monkey’s paw when he makes the first wish, second wish, and third wish. How does his attitude change? Cite textual evidence from the selection to support your answer.
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At first he was joking about it like it was a game.
In the second wish he was
regretting all
At the third wish he was desesperate
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Textual citation "If the tale about the monkey's paw is not more truthful than those he has been telling us," said Herbert, as the door closed behind their guest, just in time for him to catch the last train, "we sha'nt make much out of it."
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Textual citation II
"Wish!" she cried, in a strong voice.
"It is foolish and wicked," he faltered.
"Wish!" repeated his wife.
He raised his hand. "I wish my son alive again."
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Textual citation III
But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door. He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.
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Use context to determine the meaning of the word fakirs as it is used in paragraph 18 “The Monkey’s Paw.” The singular form is used in paragraph 26. Write your definition of fakirs here and explain how you figured it out. How can you check the word’s precise meaning as well as its pronunciation?
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Find the word consequences in paragraph 44. Use context clues in the surrounding sentences, as well as the sentence in which consequences appears, to determine the word’s meaning. Write your definition of consequences here and explain how you figured it out. Then check the meaning in a dictionary.
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consequence
/ˈkɑn·sɪ·kwəns, -ˌkwens/
A result of an action or situation
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