The Monkey's Paw And The Landlady

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In the stories, The Monkey's Paw and The Landlady, the characters, settings, and mood, are all similar and different in many different ways. These suspenseful yet intriguing stories leave readers confused and thrilled but the end. The characters are confused, the setting is mysterious, and the mood is traumatizing.

The main character of The Landlady was Bill Weaver. A character in The Monkey's Paw was Herbert. Billy Weaver was a 17 year old visiting the city of Bath for work and needed a place to stay. Billy was a polite young man and was only looking for a place to stay for the next few days. He found an open “Bed and Breakfast” and decided it would do. As soon as he reached to knock the door, the door opens which already put thoughts …show more content…

This was placed in the late 1950’s so an event like this in modern time is very unlikely. When Billy had barely touched the door, and the landlady opened it, the thoughts going through his mind must have been crazy. In 1950’s Bath, all of houses looked the same. But that did not apply for the inside. Inside the landlady house were multiple dead animals that had been stuffed, a sign-in sheet with only 2 other names -which both went missing- from years ago and a burning fire. The Landlady almost mentioned a fourth floor of a three story house. Imagine a house alone in the country, now imagine the Whites inside spending time as a family, there is the physical setting of The Monkey's Paw. Now picture that in in the 1900’s and that's exactly what the book says through words. The Whites live all alone on a little bit of land with just the family. Inside there is a nice fire burning and a great father-son game of chess going on.

The feeling of these stories couldn't be any more suspicious. There was a more mysterious, deathly feeling created by the Landlady by the way she would speak and her actions. Billy tried multiple times to get out of this tough situation but failed each time. A powerful, haunted monkey's paw is definitely worrying. When Sergeant Major Morris warned the White family of the side effects of wishing upon the paw they should've taken it to more consideration. The mood and feeling of these stories are definitely able the send chills up the reader's

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