The mystery of the monkey's paw is never fully explained.
We are only told that it has "magic" powers and that it can grant three wishes to three
different people. We know that it successfully granted its first six wishes before Mr.
White attains it, and Sergeant-Major Morris was not anxious for it to display its
talents again, tossing it in the fire in order to destroy it. It is retrieved, and Mr.
White eventually makes his first wish. When he does so, he shrieks and drops the paw to
the floor.
"It
moved," he cried, with a glance of disgust... "As I wished, it twisted in my hand like a
snake."
There is no mention
of whether the paw moved again on the second or third wishes, but we do know that they
successfully came true--in a most hideous fashion.
No comments:
Post a Comment