What Is The Main Conflict In The Monkey's Paw?
The Monkey's Paw is a supernatural, fiction, short story by William Wymark Jacobs, a
full-time writer from the 1900s. He is best known for this story as it is described as a "horror
classic". In this story, the indirect theme is that if you try to meddle with your fate, your fate will
meddle with you. The author thoroughly describes some general elements from short stories
more specifically. That results in us knowing the setting, plot development, and conflict of this
story quite easily.
When discussing about the setting of this story, the most useful or obvious place would
be the home of the White's, "in the small parlor of Laburnam Villa". Although there were other
places mentioned, like the general that revealed his adventures …show more content…
Scared for what was going to happen, Mr. White panicked and spent his
third wish causing the knockings to stop before Mrs. White could open the door.
The apparent conflict would be the consequences Mr. and Mrs. White had to suffer after
making the first wish. In the story, one of those was losing their son. Then she suddenly thinks of
using the monkey's paw to wish for Herbert to be alive again. This conflict continues almost to
the end. She wants to open the door and admit her son, while her husband wants to keep him out.
Out of the many different conflicts each character suffered, the main conflict was that of the
consequence of taking the first step with the talisman.
Thanks to the author's indirect yet thorough description, we are able to see these short
story elements. The setting, plot development, and conflict can be deducted from the story itself,
The Monkey's Paw. With its details and step-by-step thought-out events, the nontraditional
placement still allows us to come down to the information needed to form this story, even though
maybe the conflict is not said verbatim. In this case, using its most important elements, the story
revealed its theme: If you meddle with fate, fate will meddle with
full-time writer from the 1900s. He is best known for this story as it is described as a "horror
classic". In this story, the indirect theme is that if you try to meddle with your fate, your fate will
meddle with you. The author thoroughly describes some general elements from short stories
more specifically. That results in us knowing the setting, plot development, and conflict of this
story quite easily.
When discussing about the setting of this story, the most useful or obvious place would
be the home of the White's, "in the small parlor of Laburnam Villa". Although there were other
places mentioned, like the general that revealed his adventures …show more content…
Scared for what was going to happen, Mr. White panicked and spent his
third wish causing the knockings to stop before Mrs. White could open the door.
The apparent conflict would be the consequences Mr. and Mrs. White had to suffer after
making the first wish. In the story, one of those was losing their son. Then she suddenly thinks of
using the monkey's paw to wish for Herbert to be alive again. This conflict continues almost to
the end. She wants to open the door and admit her son, while her husband wants to keep him out.
Out of the many different conflicts each character suffered, the main conflict was that of the
consequence of taking the first step with the talisman.
Thanks to the author's indirect yet thorough description, we are able to see these short
story elements. The setting, plot development, and conflict can be deducted from the story itself,
The Monkey's Paw. With its details and step-by-step thought-out events, the nontraditional
placement still allows us to come down to the information needed to form this story, even though
maybe the conflict is not said verbatim. In this case, using its most important elements, the story
revealed its theme: If you meddle with fate, fate will meddle with