LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Day, hot, sunny
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Night, clear, warm
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Day, cloudy, raining
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Night, cold, wet
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The setting of The Monkey’s Paw is a cold, wet night in the early 20th century (1902) in Laburnum Villa, which is the White family home in England.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main setting of “The Monkey’s Paw” is inside and around the White family home, called Laburnam Villa. The story is probably set around the time it was published, in 1902. The first section of the story covers a single night in the White’s lives, and the second section covers the following day.
Detailed explanation-3: -Setting contributes to theme also. The White’s house was the setting but seems different in each of the three parts because the mood gets lower and the feel of the house seems worse each time. “Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa…show more content…
Detailed explanation-4: -Start. Mrs. White starts between Ballroom and Kitchen. She rolls third, preceded by Colonel Mustard, followed by Reverend Green.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Monkey’s Paw, classic tale of horror and superstition, a much-anthologized short story by W.W. Jacobs, published in 1902 in the collection The Lady of the Barge. The story centres on a dried, shrunken monkey’s paw that is said to have the power to grant its possessor three wishes.