What helps show the mood in the excerpt? Read the excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw."
He went down in the darkness, and felt his way to the
parlour, and then to the mantelpiece. The talisman was
in its place, and a horrible fear that the unspoken wish
might bring his mutilated son before him ere he could
escape from the room seized upon him, and he caught
his breath as he found that he had lost the direction of
the door. His brow cold with sweat, he felt his way round
the table, and groped along the wall until he found
himself in the small passage with the unwholesome
thing in his hand.
the setting of the parlour
the monkey's paw in its place on the mantel
O sensory descriptions, such as the cold, sweaty brow
the unspoken wish of Mr. White