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The Monkey's Paw is a classic three wish horror story about a British family in India. They meet a priest that gives them the paw of a monkey. The priest tells them that they can make three wishes with the paw, and that he wants to get rid of it as soon as possible. The family unknowingly accepts a very dangerous item, an item that can wipe their entire bloodline with one mistake.
A passerby warns them of the danger of the item, but they don't listen and decide to offer the monkey's paw their first wish, and that wish was for 200 pounds to pay off his house. Little did they know, their son, Herbert, would get caught in the crossfire, dying in an accident at work, only for his parents to collect the apology money from his job, containing an envelope with 200 pounds.
The foreshadowing in the story plays the most important role in creating suspense, since there were many warnings before the wishes were actually made. The first one was by the priest himself, when he said he wanted to get rid of the paw. The second and final warning was when the passerby warned them of the dangers of the paw. When I was reading the story, I felt suspense because I was worried for the main characters when they pushed through and still used the wishes.
In conclusion, the foreshadowing in the short story completes it. Without the suspense it wouldn't be a proper horror story. If The Monkey's Paw didn't have any foreshadowing, there would be no tension or suspense, and if there was no tension or suspense, the reader would just mundanely go through the book with no emotions, just reading through.
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