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Knowing its powers, why would the soldier leave the monkey paw with an elderly couple?

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Knowing its powers, why would the soldier leave the monkey paw with an elderly couple?

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There's a pattern of ominous things happening wherever the monkey's paw is concerned. Any new struggles would end poorly.

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They lived out their days in grief.

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If we knew what the father wished for, the story would become obvious rather than mysterious and errie. 

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If we knew what the father wished for, the story would become obvious rather than mysterious and errie. 

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If we found out what happened to the monkey paw, we would wonder how it affected other peoples' lives.

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They kept the monkey paw and tried to keep the paw hidden from anyone else.

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It may have disappeared after the third man asked for his third wish.

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I think they both learned a lesson about fate.

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I think they both learned a lesson about fate.

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I think the monkey paw was left useless by the parents, but they kept it so no one else would have to deal with the consequences

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Unless the pattern is broken, it will find its way into another set of hands.

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Unless the pattern is broken, it will find its way into another set of hands.

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For the son to be dead again, where he naturally belongs.

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I think he wished to nullify his second wish.

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I think the father got rid of it at the gate.

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I think the father got rid of it at the gate.

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Would the son's accident have happened without the wish?

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If we could answer what happened to the monkey paw we may see what also happens to the couple.  If the paw was not destroyed she may go seek it out to grant her wish even if her husband disagrees.

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I think he wished for death or for something to happen to the son to prevent him from returning.

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I think he wished for death or for something to happen to the son to prevent him from returning.

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How would this be different if the magic item did not come from India? Is this background perpetuating the 'magic ethnicities'  stereotypes often present in white-written literature?

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I imagine the wife would suffer great grief and sadness at the loss of her son. I think the husband had learned his lesson about the wish costing him something.

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Who knows? I would just be speculating but I would bet there was a lot of trauma they had to get over 

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Who knows? I would just be speculating but I would bet there was a lot of trauma they had to get over 

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Does the monkey paw disappear once the last wish is granted?

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It didn't say but I would imagine they would want to destroy it

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It didn't say but I would imagine they would want to destroy it

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He may have wished for his son to be at peace?

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Why did the monkey paw act almost as if it could not be destroyed.

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Why wasn't the monkey paw destroyed after the first failed wish?  Was the wish true or was it a coincidence?