The Monkey's Paw Foreshadowing

In the story The Monkey's Paw the foreshadowing creates tension and suspense because during the story there was so many things going on and you didn't know what was going to happen next. I say this because in the Monkey's Paw the author writes He raised his hand. "I wish my son alive again." This quote explains foreshadowing by suspense because when he wishes for his son to be alive again it gives the audience suspense if he is going to actually be alive again or if it's not going to come true and they are going to be disappointed.

Another reason why The Monkey's Paw explains foreshadowing with suspense or tension because in the article the author writes again "A rat," said the old man, in shaking tones—"a rat. It passed me on the stairs."

His wife sat up in bed listening. A loud knock resounded through the house.
"It's Herbert!" she screamed. "It's Herbert!"
She ran to the door, but her husband was before her, and catching her by the arm, held her tightly.
"What are you going to do?" he whispered hoarsely.

"It's my boy; it's Herbert!" she cried, struggling mechanically. "I forgot it was two miles away. What are you holding me for? Let go. I must open the door."
"For God's sake don't let it in," cried the old man, trembling.
"You're afraid of your own son," she cried, struggling. "Let me go. I'm coming, Herbert; I'm coming."
There was another knock, and another. The old woman with a sudden wrench broke free and ran from the room. Her husband followed to the landing, and called after her appealingly as she hurried downstairs. He heard the chain rattle back and the bottom bolt drawn slowly and stiffly from the socket. Then the old woman's voice, strained and panting.
"The bolt," she cried loudly. "Come down. I can't reach it."
I chose this quote because it had so much great detail about what happened after they wished for their son to be back alive. This quote explains foreshadowing through tension because when they hear the loud knock they think that it is Hebert and the mother wants to let him in but the old man says no because it is a bad idea. With this it gives the audience time to think while reading if it really is him or if it's something

different.

Lastly why this story explains foreshadowing through suspense and tension because at the very end of the story the author writes “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.
The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house. He heard the chair drawn back and the door opened. A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond. The street lamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road.” This quote explains foreshadowing because it shows tension in this part because when the father makes the last wish for his son to go back to the grave the knocking stops all of a sudden. I chose this because while reading the story this hit me a lot and it grabbed my attention because after he made the last wish everything went back to normal and their son went back to the

grave.

In conclusion reading the story and all the events that happened during the story; the story explains foreshadowing by creating suspense and tension in each part of the wishes that the make and the consequences that go with it as well.