The Monkey's Paw

The monkeys paw

How does the author provide a new twist to the universal theme through the White family?

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This depends on the theme you mean. I assume this has to do with greed and the wish motif. The twist involves the universal wish motif becomming something of dread instead of joy. Nothing good comes from the magic of the paw.