In the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs, there is immense foreshadowing throughout the entire story, which in turn creates a large amount of suspense and tension. You can see this in this in a passage from the first part of the story, when Sergeant Major Morris hesitantly gives Mr. White the Monkey's Paw, The Sergeant states ‘"If you must wish," he said gruffly, "Wish for something sensible."’. This moment foreshadows greatly, and through a single statement causes tension and suspense, leaving the reader wondering why the Sergeant is so adamant that Mr. White and his family should be careful with the object.
Near the end of Part 1, after the Sergeant exits the house, Mr. White quickly, though distinctly states “I wish for two hundred pounds”. Soon after, nothing turns up in his hand he
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White and his wife. A week after their sons burial, in the middle of the night, Mrs. White cries for Mr. White to use the Paw to bring back their son, but Mr. White refuses, pleading "He has been dead ten days, and besides he - I would not tell you else, but - I could only recognize him by his clothing. If he was too terrible for you to see then, how now?", but she does not listen and forces him to wish their son alive. They wait, but their son does not come back. This then creates the most tension and suspense in the story - what if their son is coming back? They go back to bed, but hours later awake to knocks at the door. As his wife rushes to the door to let the monstrosity inside, Mr. White frantically searches for the Monkey’s Paw. This is by far the most suspenseful moment in the story, because if he does not find it within the small amount of time that he has, their lives could be ruined forever, beyond what their minds could perceive. When he finds it, he wishes their son away, and so comes the cries of disappointment from his wife when she opens the