the monkey's paw
Текст на Статията
- Пързалка: 1
- EXPOSIÇÃO
- On a dark, cold night at Laburnam Villa, the White family is awaiting a visitor. Mr. White and his son Herbert are playing chess while Mrs. White knits by the fire. Sergeant Morris arrives and regales the family with tales of his 21 years of traveling to vast and exotic places in his tenure as a soldier.
- Пързалка: 2
- Conflict
- Mr. White reminds Morris of a story he was telling recently about a strange monkey's paw he acquired in India. Supposedly it was bewitched by an old fakir to grant three separate men three wishes. Mr. White wants the paw, but Morris is reluctant, saying it causes problems.
- Пързалка: 3
- Growing action
- Morris throws his paw into the fire and Mr. White rescues him. Mr. White makes his first wish: he wants a sum of two hundred pounds (£200). There is a loud noise and the paw moves. The next day, the whites receive news that Herbert was caught in the machinery at work and killed. The company compensates the whites with a check for £200.
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- CLIMAX
- Whites are shaken by how their wish came true and filled with the pain of losing their only son. Mrs. White convinces Mr. White to wish Herbert back to life. Mr. White finds the duck and makes the wish; Suddenly there is a silent, persistent knock on the door.
- Пързалка: 5
- Fallen action
- The beats become louder. Mrs. White wants to run to the door, frantic to let Herbert in, but Mr. White holds her back because he knows the wickedness of the duck and is afraid of what kind of "state" Herbert might be in. For the door, but she can't reach the screw. Mr. White hurriedly looks for the paw.
- Пързалка: 6
- Resolution
- Just as his wife gets a chair, climbs in and slides back the screw, Mr. White finds the paw and makes his final wish. The knocking suddenly stops. Mrs. White opens the door, but there is no one outside.
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