The Monkey's Paw" is a scary story about White’s family in England.
It begins on a dark night, when Mr. and Mrs. White and their adult son Herbert welcome Sergeant-Major Morris
who tells them exciting stories about his adventure in India
and shows them a cursed monkey’ paw that has the power to grant three wishes. He tries to burn the paw in the fire, but Mr. White grabs it. Morris cautions them about
the negative consequences that might result from use of this paw because people get hurt when
their wishes are granted.
<span>After Morris
leaves, </span><span>Mr.
White wishes for two hundred pounds to own their house. The next day, a man
from” Maw and Meggins” the company Herbert works for , tells the Whites that
Herbert has been killed in a machinery accident, he gives them two hundred
pounds to help with their loss.</span>
A few nights
later, Mrs. White forces her husband to use the monkey’s paw to wish Herbert
alive again.
<span>One night they hear a loud knock on the door, Mr.
White expecting their son but in mutilated</span><span> condition,</span><span> makes the final wish to prevent the worst. Mrs.
White runs to open the door but nothing was there.</span>
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Answer:
I believe that it is am adjectival phrase
Explanation:
for the team is describing Cooper's spirit
Because the topic could make the people involved in the discussion tense or angry.
People hold matters of faith very dearly, and any perceived attack on those beliefs will be perceived as a personal attack.
The bird sounds content but it actually wishes to escape
Explanation:
This extract is from the poem Sympathy in which the author compares the caged bird to the racist of the society. She symbolizes that the bird is content in the caged but it is tired of flapping its wing in the hope to escape from the cage. In the same way the cage is compared to the world and the people are compared to the bird.
In 1899 racism was prevalent in the society and hence people suffered lot and they were tired of struggling hard in this environment. So in this passage the bird sounded content but it actually wishes to escape the cage