Besides the wish motif, is there another motif in the story?

Cold wind is a constant in the story, as it serves as a foreshadowing to several events. It is present when the Whites are waiting for General Morris to arrive, who brings the dooming talisman, when the representative from Maw and Meggins brings the news of their son, and finally on the night when the Whites wish their son back to life and reanimate a corpse.