Wartime Reconstruction Setting an Agenda in Difficult Circumstances, 1861-1865.
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!!!!!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”!Assignment!Direction!Guide! ! !
Ms. Miles
The Monkey’s Paw Assignment Direction Guide
!Background:!We!will!be!reading!the!Gothic!short!story!“The%Monkey’s%Paw”%by%W.W.%Jacobs.!Written!in!1902,!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”!explores!the!ideas!of!fate!and!coincidence!within!a!suspenseful!horror!story.!Throughout!our!interaction!with!the!short!story,!we!will!be!exploring!how!W.W.!Jacobs!constructs!the!mood!and!setting!through!his!specific!use!of!words!and!phrases.!In!order!to!facilitate!your!reading!and!analysis!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”,!complete!all!below!assignments,!paying!strict!attention!to!their!specific!directions.!!Models!and!examples!for!each!of!these!assignments!will!be!discussed!in!class.!!Assignment%#1:![Independently]!Read!the!short!story.!While!reading!“The!Monkey’s!Paw,”!underline!words!or!phrases!that!describe!mood,!setting,!and!sound.!You!may!reference!the!MoodNWords!PowerPoint.!In!the!margins,!note!specific!images!or!feelings!you!experienced!while!reading.!!
After!reading,!you!will!each!be!given!one!page!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”!to!perform!the!following!activities!with.!!Assignment%#2:![Within!your!page!number!groups]!After!reading,!use!your!underlined!and!annotated!copy!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”!to!pick!out!the!author’s!words!and!phrases!that!convey!mood!through!descriptions!of!sound/natural%setting/manDmade%setting.!Note!these!words!and!phrases!within!their!categories’!box.!!Assignment%#3:![Independently]!Draft!an!Eye!Witness!Testimony!account!of!the!events!of!your!assigned!page!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw.”!Use!your!descriptive!words!from!assignment!#2!to!write!yourself!into!the!story.!Create!a!first%person%narrative%account%of!your!experience!in!the!world!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw.”!Essentially,!you!should!reNwrite!the!events!of!ONLY!your!page!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”!from!your!point!of!view!as!if!you!were!a!character.!Be!sure!to!use!language!that!accurately!fits!into!the!actual!story’s!setting!and!events.!Use!descriptive!sensory!language!to!convey!atmosphere,%mood,%and%ambiance!to!your!reader.!Your!draft!should!be!handwritten!5N7!sentences.!!Assignment%#4:![Independently]!Create!a!humument!out!of!your!assigned!page!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw.”!A!humument!is!a!“human!document,”!a!creative!practice!in!which!a!book!is!altered!combining!text!with!overlapping!drawn!images!to!create!an!original!work!of!art.!In!order!to!create!your!humument,!circle!the!descriptive!words!and!phrases!on!your!assigned!page!that!best!describes!the!mood!and!setting!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw.”!Using!a!variety!of!artistic!materials,!draw!over!the!remaining!text!and!surface!of!the!page!so!that!the!only!words!that!“poke”!through!your!drawing!are!the!ones!that!you!have!circled.!Your!drawing!should!be!inspired!by!your!circled!descriptive!words,!and!should!create!an!image!that!conveys!the!page’s!atmosphere,!mood,!and!ambiance.!Your!Eye!Witness!Testimony!paper!will!serve!as!a!“caption”!for!this!piece!of!art.!!!Assignment%#5:!Publish!a!final!draft!of!your!Eye!Witness!Testimony!paper.!Your!paper!should!be!typed!up,!single!spaced,!and!5N7!sentences.!Your!final!draft!should!be!printed!and!cut!out!to!form!a!half!page!caption.!It!should!be!stapled!or!glued!to!the!bottom!of!your!humument.!The!humument!&!caption!will!be!presented!and!published!in!our!classroom!gallery. !
Go
th
ic S
ho
rt S
to
rie
s
Th
e M
on
ke
y’s
Pa
w
1
Th
e Mon
key
’s Paw
William
W. J
acobs
Ou
tside, th
e nig
ht w
as cold
and
wet b
ut a fire b
urn
ed b
righ
tly in
th
e small liv
ing ro
om
of
Lab
urn
um
Villa, w
here M
r Wh
ite and
his
son
H
erbert
were
play
ing ch
ess. M
rs W
hite,
a w
hite-h
aired old
lad
y, sat k
nittin
g by th
e fire, occasio
nally
com
men
ting o
n th
e gam
e.
‘Listen
to
th
e w
ind
,’ said
M
r w
hite.
He
had
m
ade
a serio
us
5
mistak
e an
d
wan
ted
to
distract
his so
n’s
attentio
n
so
that
he
wou
ldn
’t see it.
‘I’m listen
ing,’ said
his so
n, co
ncen
trating on
the ch
essboard
.
‘I shou
ldn
’t thin
k h
e’ll com
e ton
igh
t,’ said th
e father, h
is han
d
over th
e board
. 1
0
‘Ch
eckm
ate,’ replied
the so
n.
‘Th
at’s th
e tro
ub
le w
ith
livin
g h
ere,’ M
r W
hite
shou
ted
with
u
nex
pected
vio
lence.
‘Of
all th
e w
et, iso
lated
places
this
is th
e w
orst. T
he p
ath is a b
og
and
the ro
ad’s a riv
er, bu
t I sup
pose p
eop
le d
on
’t care becau
se on
ly tw
o h
ou
ses in th
e road
are occu
pied
.’ 1
5
‘Don
’t worry
, dear,’ said
his w
ife. ‘Perh
aps y
ou
’ll win
the n
ext
on
e.
Mr W
hite lo
ok
ed u
p su
dd
enly
and
saw m
oth
er and
son
look
at each
oth
er qu
ickly
. He h
id a gu
ilty sm
ile in h
is thin
grey
beard
.
‘Th
ere h
e is,’
said H
erbert,
hearin
g th
e gate
shu
t lo
ud
ly an
d
20
heav
y fo
otstep
s com
ing to
the d
oor.
Th
e old
man
stood
up
hu
rriedly
and
wen
t to o
pen
the d
oor. H
e cam
e back
with
a tall, well-b
uilt m
an w
ho h
ad sm
all, brig
ht ey
es and
a red
face.
‘Serg
eant M
ajor M
orris,’ said
Mr W
hite, in
trod
ucin
g h
im.
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Th
e officer sh
ook
han
ds, sat b
y th
e fire, and
watch
ed co
nten
tedly
as M
r Wh
ite got o
ut so
me w
hisk
y an
d g
lasses. After th
ree drin
ks
the so
ldier’s ey
es becam
e brig
hter an
d h
e beg
an to
talk
. Th
e family
listened
with
great in
terest to th
is visito
r from
distan
t land
s wh
ile he
spok
e of h
is cou
rageo
us ad
ven
tures an
d h
is exp
eriences o
f wars,
30
plag
ues an
d stran
ge n
ation
s.
‘Tw
enty
-on
e years ag
o, w
hen
he w
ent aw
ay, h
e was ju
st a boy
in
the w
arehou
se,’ said M
r W
hite to
his w
ife and
son
. ‘Now
look
at h
im.’
‘It doesn
’t seem to
hav
e hu
rt him
,’ Mrs W
hite ag
reed p
olitely
. 3
5
‘I’d lik
e to g
o to
Ind
ia myself,’ said
the o
ld m
an, ‘ju
st to lo
ok
ro
un
d a b
it, you
kn
ow
.’
‘You
’re b
etter h
ere w
here
you
are,’
said th
e S
ergean
t M
ajor,
shak
ing h
is head
. He p
ut d
ow
n h
is emp
ty g
lass, sigh
ed, an
d sh
ook
h
is head
again
. 4
0
‘I’d
like
to
see th
ose
old
tem
ples,
and
fak
irs an
d
jugglers,’
con
tinu
ed M
r W
hite.
‘Wh
at w
as th
at ab
ou
t a
mon
key
’s p
aw or
som
ethin
g y
ou
started tellin
g m
e abou
t the o
ther d
ay, M
orris?
’
‘Noth
ing,’
said
the
other
qu
ickly.
‘Noth
ing
worth
h
earing
anyw
ay’.
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‘Mon
key
’s paw
?’ said
Mrs W
hite cu
riou
sly.
‘Well, it’s ju
st a bit o
f wh
at you
mig
ht call m
agic,’ said
the so
ldier
casually
.
Bu
t the th
ree listeners w
ere look
ing at h
im eag
erly. M
r Wh
ite filled
his g
lass for h
im.
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‘It’s just an
ord
inary
little paw
to lo
ok
at,’ said S
ergean
t Majo
r M
orris, tak
ing it fro
m h
is p
ock
et.
Mrs
Wh
ite m
ov
ed
back
w
ith
a d
isgu
sted
look
, b
ut
her
son
ex
amin
ed it cu
riou
sly.
‘An
d w
hat’s so
special ab
ou
t it?’ M
r Wh
ite asked
. He to
ok
it 5
5
from
his so
n, ex
amin
ed it, an
d p
ut it o
n th
e table.
‘An
old
fakir p
ut a sp
ell on it. H
e was a v
ery h
oly
man
and
he
wan
ted to
show
that fate ru
led p
eop
le’s lives, an
d th
at to in
terfere w
ith fate o
nly
caused
deep
sadn
ess. He p
ut a sp
ell on
it so th
at th
ree separate m
en co
uld
each h
ave th
ree wish
es from
it.’ 6
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th
ic S
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rt S
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s
Th
e M
on
ke
y’s
Pa
w
2
His
man
ner
was
so
imp
ressive
that
the
oth
ers realized
th
eir careless lau
gh
ter was n
ot
app
rop
riate.
‘Well, w
hy d
on
’t you
hav
e three w
ishes?
’ said M
r Wh
ite.
Th
e sold
ier look
ed at h
im as if h
e were a fo
olish
boy. ‘I h
ave,’ h
e said
qu
ietly, an
d h
is red face
w
hiten
ed.
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‘An
d d
id y
our th
ree wish
es really co
me tru
e?’ ask
ed M
rs Wh
ite.
‘Yes.’
‘An
d h
as nob
od
y else wish
ed?’ th
e old
lady w
ent o
n.
‘Th
e first man
had
his th
ree wish
es, yes. I d
on
’t kn
ow
wh
at the
first two w
ishes w
ere bu
t the th
ird w
as for d
eath. T
hat’s h
ow
I got
70
the p
aw.’
He sp
ok
e so serio
usly
that ev
eryb
od
y b
ecame q
uiet.
‘If you
’ve h
ad y
ou
r three w
ishes, th
e paw
is no go
od
to y
ou
now
,’ said
Mr W
hite at last. ‘W
hy d
o y
ou k
eep it?
’
Th
e sold
ier shook
his h
ead an
d said
slow
ly, ‘O
h, ju
st for in
terest, 7
5
I sup
pose. I h
ad so
me id
ea of sellin
g it b
ut I d
on
’t thin
k I w
ill. It has
caused
enou
gh
trou
ble alread
y. A
nyw
ay, p
eop
le won
’t bu
y it. S
om
e th
ink
it’s all a fairy sto
ry, I an
d th
ose w
ho b
elieve it w
ant to
try it
befo
re pay
ing m
e.’
‘If you
co
uld
h
ave
anoth
er th
ree w
ishes,’
said old
M
r w
hite,
80
look
ing in
terestedly
at him
, ‘wou
ld y
ou
hav
e them
?’
‘I don
’t kn
ow
, I don
’t kn
ow
.’
Th
en h
e took
the p
aw an
d su
dd
enly
threw
it on
the fire. W
ith an
asto
nish
ed cry
Mr W
hite b
ent d
ow
n an
d p
ulled
it ou
t qu
ickly
.
‘Better let it b
urn
,’ said th
e sold
ier. 8
5
‘If you
don
’t wan
t it, giv
e it to me, M
orris.’
‘No. I th
rew it o
n th
e fire. If you
keep
it, don
’t then
say th
at it is m
y fau
lt. Be sen
sible –
thro
w it o
n th
e fire again
!’
Bu
t, exam
inin
g h
is new
possessio
n clo
sely, M
r Wh
ite shook
his
head
. ‘How
do y
ou d
o it?’ h
e asked
Morris.
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‘Hold
it up
in y
ou
r righ
t han
d an
d w
ish alo
ud
,’ was th
e reply
. Bu
t I w
arn y
ou
of th
e con
sequ
ences.’
‘It sou
nd
s like th
e Arabian
Niqhts,’ M
rs Wh
ite said as sh
e beg
an to
p
repare th
e din
ner. ‘W
hy d
on
’t you
wish
for fo
ur p
airs of h
and
s for
me?
’ 9
5
Lau
gh
ing,
her
hu
sban
d
took
th
e talism
an
from
h
is p
ock
et to
mak
e the w
ish b
ut w
ith a lo
ok
of alarm
the S
ergean
t Majo
r caugh
t h
is arm.
‘If you
m
ust
wish
,’ h
e said
ag
gressiv
ely,
‘wish
fo
r so
meth
ing
reaso
nab
le.’ 1
00
So M
r Wh
ite pu
t it back
in h
is pock
et and
they
all sat dow
n to
d
inn
er. Th
e talisman
was p
artly fo
rgotten
for th
e rest of th
e even
ing
as the so
ldier co
ntin
ued
telling th
em ab
ou
t his ex
citing ad
ven
tures
in In
dia. W
hen
he h
ad g
on
e, Mr W
hite said
that th
e story
of th
e m
on
key
’s paw
was p
rob
ably
un
true, lik
e all the o
ther sto
ries Morris
10
5
had
told
them
.
‘Did
you
giv
e him
anyth
ing fo
r it?’ M
rs Wh
ite asked
him
.
‘Oh
, just a b
it of m
on
ey. H
e did
n’t w
ant it b
ut I m
ade h
im tak
e it. A
nd
he tried
to p
ersuad
e me ag
ain to
thro
w th
e thin
g aw
ay.’
‘Of co
urse w
e will!’ said
Herb
ert iron
ically. ‘G
od
, we’re g
oin
g to
1
10
be rich
and
famou
s and
hap
py! W
ish th
at you
were an
emp
eror,
father, to b
egin
with
. Th
en m
oth
er won
’t ord
er you
arou
nd
.’
Mrs W
hite p
retend
ed to
be an
gry
at this an
d ch
ased h
im ro
un
d
the tab
le, wh
ile Mr W
hite lo
ok
ed at th
e paw
dou
btfu
lly.
‘I don
’t kn
ow
wh
at to w
ish fo
r and
that’s a fact,’ h
e said slo
wly
. 1
15
‘It seems to
me I’v
e got all I w
ant.’
‘If you
cou
ld fin
ish p
ayin
g fo
r the h
ou
se you
’d b
e qu
ite hap
py,
wou
ldn
’t you
?’ H
erbert said
. ‘Wish
for tw
o h
un
dred
pou
nd
s, then
. T
hat’ll ju
st do it.’
His
father,
in
an
emb
arrassed
way
, h
eld
up
th
e talism
an
as 1
20
Herb
ert, with
a win
k at h
is moth
er, sat dow
n at th
e pian
o an
d
play
ed a few
solem
n n
otes.
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th
ic S
ho
rt S
to
rie
s
Th
e M
on
ke
y’s
Pa
w
3
‘I wish
for tw
o h
un
dred
pou
nd
s,’ said th
e old
man
distin
ctly.
As H
erbert p
layed
a lou
d, d
ramatic ch
ord
the o
ld m
an su
dd
enly
cried
ou
t in a trem
blin
g v
oice. His w
ife and
son
ran to
ward
s him
. 1
25
‘It moved
,’ he cried
, glan
cing w
ith d
isgu
st at the o
bject o
n th
e flo
or. ‘A
s I wish
ed, it tw
isted in
my h
and
like a sn
ake.’
‘Well, I d
on
’t see the m
on
ey,’ said
Herb
ert, pick
ing it u
p. ‘A
nd
I am
sure I n
ever w
ill.’
‘It mu
st hav
e been
you
r imag
inatio
n,’ said
Mrs W
hite, lo
ok
ing
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0
anx
iou
sly at h
er hu
sban
d.
He sh
ook
his h
ead. ‘It d
oesn
’t matter –
nob
od
y’s h
urt. B
ut it g
ave
me a sh
ock
.’
Th
ey sat d
ow
n b
y th
e fire. Wh
ile the m
en sm
ok
ed th
eir pip
es the
win
d
ou
tside
blew
h
arder
than
ev
er an
d
the
old
m
an
becam
e 1
35
nerv
ou
s at the so
un
d o
f a door b
angin
g n
oisily
up
stairs as it closed
. A
n u
nu
sual an
d d
epressin
g silen
ce fell on
the fam
ily. T
hen
the o
ld
cou
ple sto
od
up
to go u
pstairs to
bed
.
‘You
’ll pro
bab
ly fin
d th
e mon
ey in
a big
bag
in th
e mid
dle o
f you
r b
ed,’ H
erbert jo
ked
as he said
good
nig
ht to
them
. 1
40
He sat alo
ne in
the d
arkn
ess, look
ing ab
sently
into
the fire an
d
seeing faces in
it. On
e face was so
horrib
le and
mon
key
-like h
e stared
at it in am
azemen
t. Wh
en h
e realized h
e was still h
old
ing th
e m
on
key
’s paw
he q
uick
ly p
ut it d
ow
n an
d w
ith a little sh
iver w
iped
h
is han
d o
n h
is coat. T
hen
he w
ent u
p to b
ed.
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✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻
Th
e nex
t morn
ing at b
reakfast H
erbert lau
gh
ed at h
is fears of th
e n
igh
t befo
re. Th
e win
ter sun
shon
e in th
e room
, wh
ich lo
ok
ed v
ery
ord
inary
now
, and
the d
irty, dried
-up
little paw
was still ly
ing w
here
he h
ad th
row
n it carelessly
.
‘I sup
pose all o
ld so
ldiers are th
e same,’ M
rs Wh
ite com
men
ted.
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0
‘Wh
y d
id w
e listen to
such
non
sense?
How
cou
ld w
ishes b
e gran
ted
these d
ays?
An
d if th
ey co
uld
, how
cou
ld tw
o hu
nd
red p
ou
nd
s hu
rt u
s?’
‘Well, it co
uld
dro
p o
n fath
er’s head
from
the sk
y,’ H
erbert jo
ked
.
‘Morris said
the w
ishes h
app
en n
aturally
,’ said h
is father, ‘so
you
1
55
thin
k th
ey’re ju
st coin
ciden
ces.’
‘Don
’t spen
d an
y o
f the m
on
ey b
efore I co
me b
ack,’ H
erbert said
, goin
g to
the d
oor.
His m
oth
er watch
ed h
im w
alk d
ow
n th
e road
to w
ork
. Of co
urse
she d
idn
’t believ
e that th
e talisman
cou
ld g
rant w
ishes, y
et later that
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0
day
she ran
qu
ickly
to th
e doo
r wh
en th
e postm
an k
nock
ed an
d sh
e w
as disap
poin
ted th
at it was o
nly
a bill.
‘I exp
ect Herb
ert will jo
ke ab
ou
t it even
mo
re wh
en h
e com
es h
om
e,’ she said
at din
ner.
‘I exp
ect he w
ill,’ said M
r Wh
ite. ‘Bu
t the th
ing m
oved
in m
y
16
5
han
d –
I swear it.’
‘You
thou
gh
t it moved
.’
‘It moved
, I tell you
. I did
n’t th
ink
– w
hat’s th
e matter?
’
His
wife
mad
e n
o
reply
. S
he
was
watch
ing
the
mysterio
us
movem
ents o
f a man
ou
tside in
the street, w
ho seem
ed to
be try
ing
1
70
to d
ecide w
heth
er to o
pen
the g
ate and
enter. S
he n
oticed
that th
e stran
ger w
as well-d
ressed an
d w
ore a n
ew silk
hat. T
hree tim
es he
pau
sed at th
e gate an
d w
alked
away
. Th
e fou
rth tim
e he sto
pp
ed
and
pu
t his h
and
on
the g
ate, then
sud
den
ly o
pen
ed it an
d w
alked
u
p th
e path
. Mrs W
hite o
pen
ed th
e fron
t doo
r and
bro
ugh
t the
17
5
stranger in
to th
e room
. He seem
ed w
orried
and
un
easy, an
d lo
ok
ed
at her fro
m th
e corn
er of h
is eye.
‘I – w
as asked
to call,’ h
e beg
an h
esitantly
. ‘I am fro
m M
aw an
d
Meg
gin
s.’
Th
e old
lady lo
ok
ed su
rprised
. ‘Is anyth
ing w
ron
g?’ sh
e asked
1
80
breath
lessly. ‘H
as anyth
ing h
app
ened
to Herb
ert? W
hat is it?
’
‘Now
don
’t worry
,’ said h
er hu
sban
d. ‘I’m
sure h
e hasn
’t bro
ugh
t b
ad n
ews. H
ave y
ou
, sir?’ h
e con
clud
ed, lo
ok
ing h
op
efully
at the
visito
r.
‘I’m so
rry –
’ 1
85
Go
th
ic S
ho
rt S
to
rie
s
Th
e M
on
ke
y’s
Pa
w
4
‘Is he h
urt?
’ dem
and
ed th
e moth
er wild
ly.
Th
e visito
r look
ed d
ow
n. ‘B
adly
hu
rt,’ he said
qu
ietly. ‘B
ut h
e’s n
ot in
any p
ain.’
‘Oh
, than
k G
od
, than
k G
od
for th
at!’
Bu
t th
e sin
ister m
eanin
g
of
the
visito
r’s assu
rance
sud
den
ly
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0
becam
e clear to th
e old
lady an
d sh
e look
ed at h
im. H
is face was
turn
ed aw
ay, co
nfirm
ing h
er worst fears. S
he cau
gh
t her b
reath an
d
pu
t her trem
blin
g han
d o
n h
er hu
sban
d’s. T
here w
as a lon
g silen
ce.
‘He b
ecame trap
ped
in th
e mach
inery
,’ said th
e visito
r in a lo
w
voice.
19
5
‘Trap
ped
in th
e mach
inery
?’ rep
eated M
r Wh
ite in a d
aze. He sat
staring th
rou
gh
the w
ind
ow
, and
takin
g h
is wife’s h
and
, he p
ressed
it as he u
sed to
wh
en th
ey w
ere you
ng lo
vers n
early fo
rty y
ears b
efore. ‘H
e was o
ur o
nly so
n,’ h
e said to th
e visito
r. ‘It is hard
.’
Th
e oth
er cou
gh
ed an
d w
alked
slow
ly to
the w
ind
ow
. ‘Th
e firm
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0
wish
me to
exp
ress their sin
cere sym
path
y w
ith y
ou
in y
ou
r great
loss,’ h
e mu
rmu
red, w
ithou
t look
ing at th
e old
peo
ple.
Th
ere was n
o rep
ly. M
rs Wh
ite’s face was p
ale, her ey
es staring.
Th
e exp
ression
on
Mr W
hite’s face w
as dark
and
seriou
s.
‘I hav
e to tell y
ou
that M
aw an
d M
eggin
s do n
ot h
old
them
selves
20
5
respon
sible fo
r wh
at has h
app
ened
,’ the v
isitor co
ntin
ued
. ‘Bu
t in
con
sideratio
n o
f you
r son
’s services th
ey w
ish to g
ive y
ou
a certain
amou
nt o
f mon
ey as co
mp
ensatio
n.’
Dro
pp
ing h
is wife’s h
and
, Mr W
hite sto
od
up
and
stared at th
e m
an w
ith a lo
ok
of h
orro
r. 2
10
‘How
mu
ch?’ h
e said.
‘Tw
o h
un
dred
pou
nd
s.’
Th
e old
man
smiled
faintly
, pu
t ou
t his h
and
s like a b
lind
man
, an
d fell to
the flo
or, u
nco
nscio
us.
Hav
ing b
uried
their so
n in
a hu
ge n
ew cem
etery tw
o m
iles away
, 2
15
the o
ld co
up
le came b
ack to a h
ou
se full o
f shad
ow
and
silence. It
was all o
ver so
qu
ickly
that at first th
ey h
ardly
realized it; th
ey
exp
ected so
meth
ing else to
hap
pen
, som
ethin
g th
at wou
ld lift th
e in
tolerab
le weig
ht fro
m th
eir old
hearts.
Bu
t the d
ays p
assed an
d th
eir exp
ectation
chan
ged
to resig
natio
n.
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0
Th
ey h
ardly
talked
– th
ey h
ad n
oth
ing to
talk ab
ou
t now
– an
d th
eir d
ays w
ere lon
g an
d em
pty.
It was ab
ou
t a week
later that th
e old
man
wok
e up
sud
den
ly in
th
e nig
ht an
d h
eard th
e so
un
d o
f qu
iet cryin
g co
min
g fro
m th
e w
ind
ow
. He sat u
p an
d listen
ed.
22
5
‘Com
e back
to b
ed,’ h
e said ten
derly
. ‘You
’ll get co
ld.’
‘It is cold
er for m
y so
n,’ said
his w
ife, wh
o con
tinu
ed w
eepin
g.
Th
e sou
nd
of it g
radu
ally fad
ed as th
e old
man
fell asleep ag
ain,
un
til a sud
den
wild
cry fro
m h
is wife w
ok
e him
up
with
a start.
‘Th
e paw
!’ she cried
wild
ly. ‘T
he m
on
key
’s paw
!’ 2
30
‘Wh
ere?
Wh
ere is
it?
Wh
at’s th
e m
atter?’
the
old
m
an
said,
alarmed
.
Sh
e came to
ward
s him
. ‘I wan
t it. You
hav
en’t d
estroyed
it?’
‘It’s in th
e livin
g room
,’ he rep
lied, am
azed. ‘W
hy?
’
Mrs w
hite lau
gh
ed an
d cried
at the sam
e time, an
d k
issed h
is 2
35
cheek
.
‘I’ve o
nly
just th
ou
gh
t of it,’ she said
hysterically
. ‘Wh
y d
idn
’t I th
ink
of it befo
re? W
hy d
idn
’t you
thin
k o
f it?’
‘Th
ink
of w
hat?
’
‘Th
e oth
er two w
ishes. W
e’ve o
nly h
ad on
e.’ 2
40
‘Wasn
’t that en
ou
gh
?’ h
e dem
and
ed fiercely
.
‘No, w
e’ll hav
e on
e more. G
o d
ow
n an
d g
et it qu
ickly
and
wish
ou
r boy aliv
e again
.’
Th
e old
man
sat up
in b
ed an
d th
rew th
e bed
cloth
es from
his
tremb
ling b
od
y.
24
5
‘Good
God
, you
are mad
!’ he cried
.
‘Get it,’ h
is wife said
, breath
lessly. ‘G
et it qu
ickly
and
wish
Oh
, m
y b
oy, m
y b
oy!’
Go
th
ic S
ho
rt S
to
rie
s
Th
e M
on
ke
y’s
Pa
w
5
Mr W
hite lit th
e cand
le with
a match
. ‘Get b
ack to
bed
. You
d
on
’t kn
ow
wh
at you
’re sayin
g.’
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0
Bu
t the o
ld w
om
an said
feverish
ly, ‘O
ur first w
ish w
as gran
ted.
Wh
y n
ot th
e secon
d?’
‘A co
incid
ence,’ th
e old
man
stamm
ered.
‘Go
and
get
it an
d
wish
.’ M
rs W
hite
was
tremb
ling
with
ex
citemen
t. 2
55
Th
e old
man
look
ed at h
er and
his v
oice sh
ook
. ‘He h
as been
d
ead ten
day
s, and
also –
I cou
ld o
nly
recogn
ize him
by h
is cloth
es. H
e was to
o h
orrib
le for y
ou
to see th
en. W
hat d
o y
ou
thin
k h
e look
s lik
e now
?’
Bu
t his w
ife pu
lled h
im to
ward
s the d
oor. ‘B
ring h
im b
ack. D
o 2
60
you
thin
k I’m
frigh
tened
of m
y o
wn
son
?’
He w
ent d
ow
nstairs in
the d
arkn
ess, and
felt his w
ay to
the liv
ing
room
, an
d
then
to
the
man
telpiece.
Th
e talism
an
was
there.
Su
dd
enly
he w
as possessed
by a h
orrib
le fear that h
is un
spok
en
wish
mig
ht b
ring h
is mu
tilated so
n b
ack b
efore he co
uld
escape
26
5
from
the ro
om
. In a co
ld sw
eat he g
rop
ed h
is way
rou
nd
the tab
le an
d alo
ng th
e wall u
ntil h
e was in
the sm
all passag
e. Th
e dirty
, tw
isted, d
ried-u
p, th
ing w
as in h
is han
d.
Even
his w
ife’s face seemed
differen
t as he en
tered th
e bed
room
. It w
as wh
ite and
exp
ectant, an
d h
er exp
ression
seemed
un
natu
ral. 2
70
He w
as afraid o
f her.
‘Wish
!’ she cried
in a stro
ng v
oice.
‘It is foolish
and
wick
ed,’ h
e stamm
ered, h
esitating.
‘Wish
!’ repeated
his w
ife.
He raised
his h
and
. ‘I wish
my so
n aliv
e again
.’ 2
75
Th
e paw
fell to th
e floor. H
e look
ed at it in
fear. Th
en h
e fell trem
blin
g in
to a ch
air. With
bu
rnin
g ey
es his w
ife walk
ed to
the
win
dow
and
raised th
e blin
d.
Mr
Wh
ite sat
un
til h
e w
as ch
illed
to
the
bon
e, glan
cing
occasio
nally
at his w
ife wh
o w
as peerin
g th
rou
gh th
e win
dow
. Th
e 2
80
cand
le-flame, w
hich
had
bu
rned
low
, threw
pu
lsating sh
adow
s on
th
e ceiling an
d w
alls, un
til it slow
ly w
ent o
ut. T
he o
ld m
an, feelin
g an
inex
pressib
le relief that th
e wish
had
not w
ork
ed, crep
t back
to
bed
. A
few
m
inu
tes later
his
wife
also
came
to
bed
, silen
t an
d
dep
ressed.
28
5
Neith
er sp
ok
e, b
ut
lay
silently
listenin
g
to th
e tick
ing
of
the
clock
. A stair creak
ed; a sq
ueak
y m
ou
se ran n
oisily
thro
ugh
the
wall. T
he d
arkn
ess was o
pp
ressive. A
fter bu
ildin
g u
p h
is cou
rage
for so
me tim
e, Mr W
hite lit a m
atch an
d, tak
ing th
e match
box
with
h
im, w
ent d
ow
nstairs fo
r a cand
le. 2
90
At th
e botto
m o
f the stairs th
e match
wen
t ou
t. He p
aused
to
strike an
oth
er on
e, and
at the sam
e mom
ent th
ere was a k
nock
at th
e door, a k
nock
so q
uiet it w
as almost in
aud
ible.
Th
e match
es fell from
his h
and
. He sto
od
like a statu
e, his b
reath
susp
end
ed. T
he k
nock
came ag
ain. H
e turn
ed an
d fled
back
to th
e 2
95
bed
room
, clo
sing
the
door
beh
ind
h
im.
A
third
k
nock
so
un
ded
th
rou
gh
the h
ou
se.
‘Wh
at’s that!’ sh
ou
ted th
e old
wom
an, sittin
g up
sud
den
ly.
‘A rat.’ M
r Wh
ite’s voice
shook
. ‘A rat. It p
assed m
e on
the
stairs.’ 3
00
His w
ife sat listenin
g. A lo
ud
kn
ock
echoed
thro
ugh
the h
ou
se.
‘It’s Herb
ert!’ she scream
ed. ‘It’s H
erbert!’
Sh
e ran to
the b
edro
om
door, b
ut h
er hu
sban
d w
as faster than
h
er. He cau
gh
t her b
y the arm
and
held
her tig
htly
.
‘Wh
at are yo
u g
oin
g to do?’ h
e wh
ispered
. 3
05
Mrs W
hite stru
ggled
to free h
erself. ‘It’s my b
oy, it’s H
erbert! I
forg
ot it w
as two m
iles away
. Wh
at are you
hold
ing m
e for?
Let g
o.
I mu
st op
en th
e door.’
‘For G
od
’s sake d
on
’t let it in!’ cried
the o
ld m
an, trem
blin
g.
‘You
’re afraid o
f you
r ow
n so
n. L
et me g
o. I’m
com
ing, H
erbert,
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0
I’m co
min
g!’
Go
th
ic S
ho
rt S
to
rie
s
Th
e M
on
ke
y’s
Pa
w
6
Th
ere was an
oth
er kn
ock
, and
anoth
er. With
a sud
den
vio
lent
movem
ent th
e old
wom
an b
rok
e free and
ran fro
m th
e room
. Mr
Wh
ite follo
wed
her to
the to
p o
f the stairs an
d ap
pealed
to h
er to sto
p as sh
e hu
rried d
ow
nstairs. H
e heard
the ch
ain rattle b
ack; th
e 3
15
Stiff b
olt at th
e botto
m o
f the d
oor w
as slow
ly p
ulled
op
en. T
hen
M
rs Wh
ite’s voice cam
e, strained
and
breath
less:
‘Th
e bolt at th
e top
! I can’t reach
it. Com
e dow
n!’
Bu
t Mr W
hite w
as on
his h
and
s and
kn
ees, gro
pin
g w
ildly
on
the
floor, try
ing to fin
d th
e paw
. If he co
uld
on
ly fin
d it b
efore th
e thin
g 3
20
ou
tside
got
in!
Now
a
con
tinu
ou
s k
nock
ing
echoed
th
rou
gh
th
e h
ou
se. He h
eard th
e sou
nd
of a ch
air scrapin
g acro
ss the p
assage
floor as h
is wife p
ulled
it again
st the d
oor. H
e heard
the creak
ing o
f th
e bolt as it w
as slow
ly o
pen
ed, an
d at th
e same m
om
ent h
e fou
nd
th
e mon
key
’s paw
and
frantically
breath
ed h
is third
and
last wish
. 3
25
Th
e k
nock
ing sto
pp
ed su
dd
enly
, th
ou
gh
it
still ech
oed
in
th
e h
ou
se. He h
eard th
e chair scrap
ing b
ack fro
m th
e door; h
e heard
the
door o
pen
. A co
ld w
ind
rush
ed u
p th
e stairs and
a lon
g, lou
d w
ail of d
isapp
oin
tmen
t and
misery
bro
ke fro
m h
is wife. It g
ave h
im th
e co
urag
e to ru
n to
her sid
e, then
to th
e gate o
utsid
e. Th
e street lamp
3
30
op
posite th
e hou
se shon
e flickerin
gly
on
a qu
iet and
deserted
road
.
“The Monkey’s Paw” Assignments #2, #3 Name:________________________ Date:_____________
Exploring MOOD & SETTING in “The Monkey’s Paw” Directions: See Assignment Guide Handout Assigned Page Number:_______ Assignment #2 Citing Mood & Setting
Assignment #3 Eye Witness Testimony DRAFT
SOUND words/phrases describing MOOD: -EXAMPLE: “the clock ticked slowly”
NATURAL SETTING words/phrases describing MOOD:
MAN-MADE SETTING words/phrases describing MOOD:
EXAMPLE:((I(shuddered(with(fear(as(I(snuck(though(the(ancient(house.(
! Teacher Example: Final Copy Humument Caption
The Monkey’s Paw: Humument: Page 5 By: Hillary Miles
I was trembling with fear as I watched Mrs. White’s eyes grow mad with the chance of her dead son coming back. As I walked down the cramped stairs into the oppressive darkness, my hands shook, possessed by a horrible fear. A faint knock pulsated throughout the gloomy house. The knock became louder and louder, as if the sound was closing in on me. I was chilled to the bone. Mr. White, filled with horror, quickly grabbed his wife from the splintered wood door. As they struggled, I prepared to face whatever mutilated being came knocking for me.