LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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arrives at the Whites’ house during a storm.
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says the paw can grant three wishes.
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describes the paw as “dried to a mummy.”
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throws the paw onto the fire.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At Mr. and Mrs. Whites’ urging, Sergeant-Major Morris takes a small, mummified paw out of his pocket. He explains that a fakir (a mystic miracle worker) placed a spell on the paw to prove that people’s lives are governed by fate and that it is dangerous to meddle with fate.
Detailed explanation-2: -The reader can tell that Morris thinks the monkey’s paw is dangerous because he–taps his drinking glass against his teeth. explains that he got his three wishes. says that it is “dried to a mummy.”
Detailed explanation-3: -"It had a spell put on it by an old Fakir, ” said the Sergeant-Major, “a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sergeant-Major Morris tells the family that the paw had a spell placed on it by a fakir and the paw possesses the power to grant three wishes. He adds that along with the paws magic comes tragic consequences and then proceeds to throw the paw on the fire.