Place these key events from the myth in the order in which they occur. the princess provides theseus with a sharp sword and a ball of thread. theseus slays the minotaur. king minos demands fourteen athenian youths each year to pay for his son’s life. aegeus falls into the sea and drowns.

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Theseus is like a prince and he goes in place of one of the youth and his dad king ageus says to fly white sails if he killed the creepy cow. Thesus falls in love with the princess who gives him thread(I think to help him through the maze) and a sword to kill the cow(Which was acually her cursed brother D: ) And then he kills it and marries her then gets her pregnant on the boat and leaves her on an island, but he forgot to change the sails so King Ageus was looking at the sea and saw the not white sails and so he fell off of a cliff into what is now the agean see. Thus the title. Tad!

"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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