Symbolism In The Monkey's Paw

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In the story The Monkey's paw, Was Herbert at the door at the end and if he was what form was he in. At the end of the story Herbert was at the door in a spirit form. Herbert was killed while working with machinery and when he was buried 2 miles away. Near the end of the story then Mrs. white wanted her husband to use the last wish to try to save her son but he didn't want to use it to hurt them and “ the chair drawled back, and the door opened ( Jacob 9). The quotes is saying that when the chair was removed from holding the door closed, the door opened and a there was a gust of cold wind that came rushing through the house. This is explaining that he must be in a spirit form. This connects to the claim by saying that when the door opened there This was said by Mr. White telling his wife, he thought that this is the dead form of my son if it even is my son that is. Also he may not be the same form if he does appear. This correlates to the claim because Mrs. White really want her husband to open the door because she said it was her son that was at the door. Mr.White didn't want to open the door because he was afraid that if it was a ghost or a spirit or something else and it would hurt the two of them and he did want that. He wanted to use the paw to make the third wish to undo the second wish but Mrs.White wanted to use it to save her son . The third final piece of evidence was showing that Mr.White was not in at all to open the door to let in what ever was at the door. The big reason he didn’t open the door was he wanted to protect his wife if it was something worse than what she said it was. It had to had been a spirit because when the door opened there was a gust of wind that entered and then left. After stating all that the other side might say that it was not Herbert. It could have been Sergeant Major Morris because he was nowhere to be found. Or it could have been someone else other than herbert and could have been a random person.The reason why the opposition is incorrect is they would say that there is no way that it could had been Herbert. That he may never had been in spirit from because he was said that he was dead. After reviewing the evidence it seems like it was Hebert but in spirit

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