Examples Of Foreshadowing In The Monkey's Paw

Don’t take things for granted. “The Monkey’s Paw” W.W. Jacobs. “The Monkey’s Paw” is a short story that takes place in England with a family called the Whites. They are given this paw that by a man named Mr. Morris, who does not want it anymore because of the fate it has brought him. The Whites decide to make their three wishes and not listen to the warning from Mr. Morris but regret it in the long run. In “The Monkey’s Paw”, W.W. Jacobs uses conflict and foreshadowing to to make the suspense and the attitude of the story.
To begin, conflict is a necessary element to a story, because it is needed to make the story interesting and to have a point. In the text, the author states that Herbert dies from getting caught in the machinery. In the text it states, “Is he hurt? demanded the mother, wildly. The visitor bowed his head in silence, badly hurt”(Jacobs 30). It is the key point when the parents are finding out that their son is hurt but not dead; they have no idea that he is dead but the conflict builds foreshadowing and makes tension. To conclude, conflict is a necessary element to a story, because it is needed to make the

In the text when Herbert and his father are playing chess, his father gets angry and makes rash decisions. This foreshadows the fact that he will make rash decisions with the wishes. Without this event, the reader could not of known what type of man Herbert's father is, and could not foreshadow what type of wishes he would make. In the text, Herbert's mother says, “Herbert will have some more of his funny remarks, I expect, when he comes home”(Jacobs 29). Through this example it shows Herbert may not come home. It shows something will probably happen to him. To conclude, foreshadowing is another necessary element to a story, because it is needed to make the story tense or make it more