The Monkey's Paw is an extremely bold parable, showing how
fate can rule's over people's lives, and those who try to
mess with it, do so, to their sorrow.
"Well, I don't see the money," said his son as he
picked it up and placed it on the table, "and I bet I never
shall."
This is line
definitely bites Herbert very hard. The avarice for 200 pounds hits the Whites badly.
This line explicitly illustrates how Jacobs has played with
irony. Remember that it was Herbert's idea to
get 200 pounds. He played with destiny and fate. Indeed, he never saw the
money, for it came at the cost of his life, as he was enveloped with the darkness of
Death.
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