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Monkey's Paw - Study Guide
Don't underestimate the power of magic! The Monkey's Paw (1902) by W.W. Jacobs is a cautionary tale about the evil that can result from tempting fate. We hope it is particularly useful for teachers and students studying the story.
Character Analysis & Plot Summary
Characters
White family - Mr. and Mrs. White and their son Herbert are the main characters in the story. They retrieve a magical talisman from their visiting friend, Sergeant-Major Morris. Despite his warnings, they use it.
Sergeant-Major Morris - A family friend who served in India in the British Army, he attempts to put an end to the horrifying experiences using the paw by throwing it in the White's fireplace.
Monkey's Paw - The true protagonist of the story, a magical talisman is in the form of a mummified monkey's paw that has the power to grant its host three wishes.
Plot Summary
The story is set in England at the home of the White family, during a dark and stormy night (of course!). Their guest, Sargeant-Major Morris who returned from his post in India, tells them about the power of a mummfiied monkey's paw he brought back with him that a Fakir put a spell on, granting its guardian three wishes. He warns the family that while the wishes are always granted, "I warn you of the consequences." He implies that the wishes are always accompanied by a punishment for tampering with fate. Morris throws the paw into the fire, trying to destroy its evil forces once and for all, but Mr. White retrieves it, and the Whites decide to use the paw.The family's first wish is Herbert's: he asks for enough money to make the final mortgage payment (200 pounds). The next day, Herbert goes to work and is killed at the local factory in a horrible accident. His employer refuses to claim responsibility, but makes a goodwill settlement of exactly...(you guessed it) 200 pounds. Though horrified by the mutilated outcome of their first wish being granted, Mrs. White talks her reluctant husband into a second wish: asking for Herbert to come back to life. There are three dramatic knocks on the door, Mrs. White fumbles down the stairs and with the door chain; meanwhile Mr. White is able to grasp the talisman just in time for one final wish, which is...
Genre
W.W. Jacobs' story is in the genre of Gothic Literature, sub-genre of supernatural horror.
Themes
Leave fate alone: Things happen for a reason, to wish them to occur otherwise will result in punishment far greater than the pain any "natural" losses may cause.
Magic does harm: Mystic or spiritual beings can "charge" a talisman to do harm upon those greedy enough to interfere with fate. Magical forces rarely work the way people want them to.
Symbolism & Literary Allusions
Symbolism
Monkey's Paw: The talisman symbolizes desire and greed, the evil that comes from tempting fate.
Three's: Repetition of three wishes, three separate owners, the White family is three people, three knocks, represent the "magic number" of superstitious or supernatural events.
The Rat: Associated with decay and death, and Herbert's fate. Mr. White claims a rat passes by him on the stairs, while the couple fumbles to respond to the three knocks at the front door, a fearful premonition of their dead son returning in a decaying, rotting state, having been buried ten days earlier.
Literary Allusions
Familiar and unsettling: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp is an important literary reference by Mrs. White early in the story, foreshadowing the destruction that is to come:
"'Hold it up in your right hand, and wish aloud,'" said the Sergeant-Major, 'But I warn you of the consequences.' 'Sounds like the "Arabian Nights,"' said Mrs. White, as she rose and began to set the supper. 'Don't you think you might wish for four pairs of hands for me.'"
As you probably know, The Arabian Nights is a collection of folk tales from the Middle East and South Asia, created out of desperation for survival. Shahryār (Persian king) executes his unfaithful wife and believes all women are traitorous, he marries a succession of virgins, only to execute each the next morning until there are none left except Scheherazade. She is so clever that to remain alive, she decides to tell the king a tale so captivating and suspenseful, he continues to postpone putting her to death night after night in order to hear the story's conclusion (after One Thousand and One Nights).
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The monkeys paw by w.w Jacobs