Which element of plot does this excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw" best
represent?
But her husband was on his hands and knees groping
wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only
find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of
knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the
scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage
against the door. He heard the creaking of the bolt as it
came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the
monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last
wish.

A. Conflict
B. Climax
c. Conclusion
D. Falling action

yes, it is ethos.

i hope this !

-maddie

do you have part b? ?

explanation:

"the tune the he might never know again." this part build anticipation. dexter got extremely happy by the piano tune. he could see what he was living at that moment in his life throught this feeling. the reader might want to learn more about his happy life. in fact, he called it a state of   'ecstasy'. the fact that he had got in a mood of intense appreciation and that everything about him was extremely bright and glamorous might lead the reader to feel that this state of happiness may not last long. the two parts from the excerpt that exemplify the anticipation are: " the sound of the "; " it was a know again."