“The Monkey’s Paw”
The cause of Herbert’s death.
What is getting stuck in the machinery?
The image that the narrator sees in the wallpaper.
What is a woman “creeping”?
A place/ setting where Gothic literature usually takes place.
What is a decaying mansion, an old castle, or a structure once grand that is in decay, or dark, gloomy settings?
The name of the island where the story takes place.
What is Ship-Trap Island?
The place where Mr. Weaver changes trains on the way from London to Bath.
What is Swindon?
The country where Sergeant Major-Morris travels to.
What is India?
Type of room the narrator is confined to.
What is a nursery?
They are common antagonists in a Gothic novel.
Who are ghosts, witches, vampires, supernatural beings and monsters?
The location where Ivan died.
What is Spring Tree Trap?
The name of the Landlady’s dachshund.
What is Basil?
The sum of money wished for in the first wish.
What is 200 pounds?
The tasks that the narrator finds enjoyment in.
What is journaling/peeling the wallpaper?
What/How the protagonist of a Gothic novel commonly feels.
What are intense emotions?
The body of water where the island is located.
What is the Caribbean Sea?
The taste that the tea that Billy drinks is reminiscent of.
What is bitter almonds?
The animal that Mr. White compares the movement of the monkey's paw to while holding it in his hand as he wished.
What is a snake?
The relationship between Jennie and John.
What is "siblings"?
The women in Gothic literature are typically portrayed as this.
Who are damsels in distress?
This is Rainsford’s first name.
What is Sanger?
The color and type of flowers that are in the Bed and Breakfast.
What are yellow chrysanthemums?
This chess piece was put into “sharp and unnecessary period” to foreshadow Mr. White’s actions later on.
What is the king?
The holiday that was mentioned to have been celebrated in the narrative.
What is the Fourth of July?
The reason that many people in Gothic novels die, what haunts them.
What are curses or prophesies?
This part of the body was fractured when General Zaroff went up against a large Cape buffalo.
What is the skull?
The type of poison implied to have caused Billy’s demise.
What is cyanide?