The success of any short story depends upon the skill with which the plot moves. The writer does not have the time to develop ideas that he has in a novel but at the same time all those elements must be present.

The unusual element in "The Monkey's Paw" is how much the plot depends upon coincidence and irony. The successful use of these knits the story together and contributes to the tension. Examples of this are:

 The coincidence of the Monkey's Paw being in the possession of Morris.

 The fact it is given movement and a sort of life (personification) as wishes are made suggest a possible disaster. For instance the piano crashes, you hear the man cry out and the paw moves when a wish is made.

 The paw is clearly a bad omen. For instance, the third wish of the original owner was for death which suggests that the other two wishes brought unhappiness.

 Morris says, " I warn you of the consequences." Clearly here however innocent the wish, Morris

Place and weather again plays an important role and the atmosphere is described as cold and wet, small parlour and in the middle of nowhere".

There are also examples of this on other pages these words include: "sinister, awful, fears, horror, sightless, senseless, cemetery, shadow, silence and hopeless."

 The major coincidence centred on the L200. "How could L200 hurt you." She will soon find out. There are two climaxes in the story. The first is how they get the L200 (the fact that Hubert did not only die but the way he died, a horrible mutilated death) and the second the tension associated with the knocking at the door.

In "The Red Room" the dialogue strikes me as unrealistic. This I because no one speaks like this "Eight-and-twenty years." Even in the time that this story was written, the dialogue used between the old people is supposed to reflect how old they are.

Some common words found in the essay are:
L200 Hubert, Monkey's Paw, Paw Red, L200 L200, monkey's paw, , plot moves, people stereotypes, tragic irony,
Approximate Word count = 721
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)