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How Does the Author Create an Atmosphere of Mystery and Suspense in "The Monkey's Paw"? In the tale of The Monkey's Paw, a very distinct atmosphere of mystery and suspense is created; W.W.Jacobs creates this atmosphere in many ways. One way in which it is created is beginning the story with a familiar, very normal family scene; "Father and son were at chess." This makes the tale more horrifying, as it creates a realistic scene, showing that the following events could happen to anyone. The author uses a clever method of foreshadowing throughout the opening paragraphs, about what may happen throughout the story. For example; the author writes that when the father and son were playing chess the father "possessed ideas about the game having radical changes." It is of course these radical changes that bring horror to the tale later on in the story. After setting the warm, fire-blazing...

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