Without knowing more about history and culture of the past (a. K.A. Anthropology), it's hard to know what would be considered normal or weird for people from that place and time. If you had to bet money, what would you say is "normal" in Romeo & Juliet? What's weird? Keep in mind, we're not talking about you and what YOU think is normal or weird, we're talking about for people who lived in that time and place. 50-word minimum.

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If this is an assumption, I would say that the "normal" things in the society in which Romeo and Julieta lived were: teenage marriages (since life expectancy was low), marriage between members of the same family (to keep wealth in the family). family and family purity), the control of society by members of the royal family, a strong religiosity among people.

Likewise, I suppose that within this society it was unusual: mortal enemies among families, sword fights in the middle of the street, priests encouraging young people to flee and marry in secret, drugs that simulate death, young people disobeying their families to get married, priests allowing a girl to pretend she died, intruders at family parties and people killing themselves because they lost the person they love.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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