Comparing The Monkey's Paw 'And The Lady Or The Tiger'

Monkey’s Paw and The Lady or the Tiger: Compare and Contrast Essay

The Monkey’s Paw and the Lady or the Tiger are two stories that revolve around fate and power. The two stories also both revolve around the force that an object or someone can give, which can affect their lives or someone else's. Monkey’s paw, is a short story by W. W. Jacobs. The story is about 3 wishes that can change someone's life. The Lady and the Tiger is also a short story that was by Frank R. Stockman that is about the fate of a human's life being determined by a door. Both of these stories build suspense, but they both lead in negative emotion for a certain character/character’s. The book, they both left a foreshadow, which made me a lot more interested in both of the

Jacobs in 1902. The story is based on the theme fate and greed, which affected the main characters. This is a short story that the tone is supposed to be suspenseful, and the plot will leave the reader to foreshadow on what's happening next. The story takes place is around the Whites family home, which is called Laburnum Villa. The story is also possibly taken place in 1902, because that was the date in which is was published by W.W. Jacobs. The plot of the story is started in the Whites house, where a sergeant-major who recently returned from India, visits Mr. and Mrs. White and their son Herbert. The sergeant-major pulls out a monkey’s paw, then explains the 3 wishes that you can grant. He then attempts to throw in in the fire before Mr. White grabs it. The sergeant warns that there are consequences to anyone who uses the paw. After the sergeant leaves, Mr. White grants one wish from the paw, which is 200 pounds to pay off the house. The next day, Herbert dies from an accident in work, and the company pays 200 pounds in compensation. This is a major scene in the story when the theme fate and greed is used in the story. Fate is used in this part, because the Monkey’s paw represented the fate or destiny. Every time you take a wish, a consequence will occur. After Herbert dies, Mrs. White insists to Mr. White to wish for their son to come back. Afterwards, they hear a knock on their door, then Mrs. White rushes to the door to see

The Lady or the Tiger and The Monkey’s Paw have similarities more than differences, which even gives more reasons why they are close stories. The theme crime and punishment is what the Lady or the Tiger uses, and fate and greed is what The Monkey’s Paw uses. The stories are similar in their point of view, sensory details, and the symbolism. The stories both go around the development of events that is controlled by character/character’s. These stories are frequently not following the same events, but do have events that are similar. These stories are also not made to be similar, which is pretty obvious, but share the same elements that make the story similar. The symbolism in these stories are shared by one character determining a fate of the after events. The symbolism connects the two stories, because the symbolism leads the theme and story. The point of view are the same view, which is 3rd person omniscient point-of-view. If one story has a different point-of-view, then the stories would be completely different, and would be hard to compare. The sensory details are almost the same from both of the stories, because they both build suspense in the story. All of these literary conceits contribute that these stories can be similar from the splot, but from the