The two parts of this excerpt from W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw" show that show the White family doesn't believe in the talisman's power are:
"Sounds like the 'Arabian Nights,'" said Mrs. White, as she rose and began to set the supper.
The 'Arabian Nights' were stories made up by the narrator Scheherazade and told to the King over 1001 nights so that he would not kill her as he had done with so many other women in the past. In this way, it signifies that Mrs. White believes this story to be a made-up tale.
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"Don't you think you might wish for four pairs of hands for me." Her husband drew the talisman from his pocket, and all three burst into laughter
Mr. White is jokingly asking to be given four pairs of hands, something that isn't sensible or realistic, because he does not believe in the power of the talisman to grant wishes. In the end the three burst in laughter as they do not take the talisman, or the story of it's power, seriously.
One way the slaver Haley and the slave George are contrasted with each other through the quality of their speech. Mr Haley was the bad slave owner and George being the slave. George invented the machine to speed the process of cleaning hemp, earning the adoration of the factory's proprietor. Haley removed him from the factory and claimed that George was too lazy to work. George was then sent to work menial labour.
George was forced to take new wife since there were no lawful marriages between slaves because they were not actual citizens. George used to read the bible a lot but one day Mr Shelby sold him to Mr Haley.
Personally, number 3 because it sounds like it should have an exclamation mark.
<span>Like other Romantics (and unlike the Neoclassicists), Bryon’s poetry considers the reader. </span>
In this scene Odysseus is debating whether or not to kill the serving-women, who he greatly disdains. He calls on his heart to restrain his desire urge to kill them, citing the incident with the Cyclops as evidence that he has borne worse.
The best answer is <span>Odysseus is restraining himself from killing the serving-women. </span>