the monkeys paw

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11 September 2001

the monkeys paw

foreshadowing is a literay device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. How does the author of "The Monkeys Paw" use forshadowing in the first chapter to suggest that the spell placed on the paw might not bring happiness to whoever possesses it? Cite textual evedince from the selection to support your answer.

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Answered by Aslan on 8/28/2018 11:54 PM

Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly.

The opening line of the story succinctly fulfills one of the greatest necessities for a story that impinges upon the macabre or horrific: it creates a setting and mood perfectly appropriate for the strange tale that is about to come: it foreshadows the strange tale that is to come.

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