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Characters

  • Sergeant Major Morris
  • Mr. White
  • Mrs. White
  • Herbert
  • The fakir
  • Messenger from Maw&Meggins

Setting

Cold, stormy night at the

White's house in

a small English town

Mr. White & Herbert play chess.

Old friend of Mr. White arrives to the house.

Sergeant Morris tells about the paws magic.

Sergeant Morris throws the paw in the fire.

Rising Action

Climax

Herbert dies after being

crushed in the machinery.

Mr. White and Mrs. White

receive 200 pounds for

his death.

Falling Action

Mrs. White demands to know the location of the paw.

Mrs. White wishes for her son to be alive again.

The Whites hear a knock at the front door and Mrs. White rushes to open it.

Resolution

Mrs. White unlocks the door.

Mr. White makes the final wish and then looks out onto an empty road.

More than a classic horror piece, “The Monkey’s Paw” is also a modern parable, infused with moral messages and instructions on how to live a more fulfilling life. As with all fables, the story’s morals are familiar: don’t tempt fate, and be careful what you wish for. The White family isn’t wealthy, but they still have everything that’s important, including love, happiness, and a comfortable life. Mr. White even says that he is so content that he wouldn’t even know what to wish for. When he does make his first wish—partly in jest, partly out of curiosity—it is not for untold riches or worldly power, but merely for enough money to finally purchase their house. His small and sensible wish, however, is enough to tempt fate into killing Herbert. Jacobs’s story adheres to the traditional belief that we do not really want what we think we want and that wanting more than what’s sufficient may bring ruin.

The Monkey's Paw

By: Holly Fournier

CLIMAX

Falling Action

Rising Action

Mr. White pulls the

paw out of the fire.

Seargent Morris warns

the Whites about the

paw.

Mr. White wishes for

200 pounds.

The Monkey's Paw

Endures

The emperor had never heard the beautiful song

of the nightingale, so he wanted his court to bring

it to him. They brought it to him and he was

impressed. Someone sent him a mechanical

nightingale. The real nightingale didn't feel needed

anymore more so it flew away. Soon the mechanical

bird stopped singing.

RESOLUTION

Lets take a look

Exposition

EXPOSITION

Lessons Learned

Literary Devices

Common Core Standard

Foreshadowing p. 50, 52, 53,

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

Allusion p. 52

Simile p.53, 55

Metaphor p. 56

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