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'Nothing at all. Along the whole length of the road not a living thing...'

i) Who says these words?


ii) What/Who are they waiting for? Why?

i) Mrs. White says these words.

ii) They are waiting for their son Herbert to be alive again because they had made a wish using the monkey's paw. According to Mrs. White, their first wish was granted and so this wish would be granted as well, but little did she know that she was asking for yet another danger in the possible form of Herbert's decomposed body coming back to life again.


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Answer the following questions briefly.

What is Mr. White's third wish?

 2

Mrs. W: Why didn’t I think it? Why didn’t you think of it?

Mr. W: Think of what?


Mrs. W: The other two wishes.


i) What makes Mrs. White think about 'the other two wishes'?


ii) Do they use the two wishes? What was the consequence of their decision?

 2

'...I wish him dead'.

i) Who is 'I'? Whom does 'him' refer to?


ii) Why does the speaker make such a wish?

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'Should the sergeant have handed over the paw to someone?' Work in groups of five. Two members should support the argument and the other two should speak against it. The fifth member is the chairperson. The chairperson should report the observations and comments by the group to the class at the end of fifteen minutes.