Foreshadowing in "The Monkey's Paw"

Read the excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw." Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said, slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want." "If you only cleared the house, you'd be quite happy, wouldn't you?" said Herbert, with his hand on his shoulder. "Well, wish for two hundred pounds, then; that'll just do it." His father, smiling shamefacedly at his own credulity, held up the talisman, as his son, with a solemn face, somewhat marred by a wink at his mother, sat down at the piano and struck a few impressive chords. "I wish for two hundred pounds," said the old man distinctly. A fine crash from the piano greeted the words, interrupted by a shuddering cry from the old man. His wife and son ran toward him. Which phrase indicates a change in mood within the excerpt?

"interrupted by a shuddering cry"

Which is not an accurate hint at the future plot twists in "The Monkey's Paw"?

Herbert darts around the table, pursued by his mother.

Read the excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw." Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said, slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want." "If you only cleared the house, you'd be quite happy, wouldn't you?" said Herbert, with his hand on his shoulder. "Well, wish for two hundred pounds, then; that'll just do it." His father, smiling shamefacedly at his own credulity, held up the talisman, as his son, with a solemn face, somewhat marred by a wink at his mother, sat down at the piano and struck a few impressive chords. "I wish for two hundred pounds," said the old man distinctly. How does Herbert's reaction to wishing on the monkey's paw differ from his father's?

Herbert is more lighthearted.

How does the mood in "The Monkey's Paw" foreshadow what happens in the story?

The mood darkens throughout and hints that the story will end in sadness, loss, and terror.

Which mood does foreshadowing help create in "The Monkey's Paw"?

one of anxiety

Read the excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw." "Likely," said Herbert, with pretended horror. "Why, we're going to be rich, and famous and happy. Wish to be an emperor, father, to begin with; then you can't be henpecked." He darted round the table, pursued by the maligned Mrs. White armed with an antimacassar. What is the mood of the excerpt?

playful

Read the excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw." He went down in the darkness, and felt his way to the parlour, and then to the mantelpiece. The talisman was in its place, and a horrible fear that the unspoken wish might bring his mutilated son before him ere he could escape from the room seized upon him, and he caught his breath as he found that he had lost the direction of the door. His brow cold with sweat, he felt his way round the table, and groped along the wall until he found himself in the small passage with the unwholesome thing in his hand. What helps show the mood in the excerpt?

sensory descriptions, such as the cold, sweaty brow

Read the excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw." Mr. White dropped his wife's hand, and rising to his feet, gazed with a look of horror at his visitor. His dry lips shaped the words, "How much?" "Two hundred pounds," was the answer. Unconscious of his wife's shriek, the old man smiled faintly, put out his hands like a sightless man, and dropped, a senseless heap, to the floor. Which word helps reveal the mood of horror in the excerpt?

shriek

Read the excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw." "The first man had his three wishes. Yes," was the reply; "I don't know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That's how I got the paw." His tones were so grave that a hush fell upon the group. "If you've had your three wishes, it's no good to you now, then, Morris," said the old man at last. "What do you keep it for?" The soldier shook his head. "Fancy, I suppose," he said, slowly. "I did have some idea of selling it, but I don't think I will. It has caused enough mischief already. Besides, people won't buy. They think it's a fairy tale; some of them, and those who do think anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterward." "If you could have another three wishes," said the old man, eyeing him keenly, "would you have them?" "I don't know," said the other. "I don't know." What is the mood of the excerpt?

solemn

Why does W. W. Jacobs use foreshadowing in "The Monkey's Paw"?

to build a mood of suspense and horror