mr whites third wish was to for his son to disappear/ go back to the grave. he wished this because when he had to choose which one was his sons body he had to choose by looking at the clothing not the face. he had to choose that way because his sons body was mutilated and disfigured. so when he wished for his son back.. his son would come back in that gross disfigured appearance.. and also since he as been in the grave for a while he would also be decomposing. and he didn't want his hysterical wife to see her son like that.
He makes a second wish because his wife was sobbing asking for their son back.
to reverse his second wish
the second wish in the monkey's paw by Mr. White is "I wish my son alive again"
No Mr. Peters didn't use his third wish. he died with it instead with a smile on his face
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they have two hundred pound.
Mr. Whites 200 pounds mortgage owing is important because it foreshadows the compensation the whites got for Herbert's death and it foreshadows Mr. Whites first wish.
to live !
When Mr. Peters uses his second wish to wish back his wife to being a swan because he had seen how lonely his wife was .
The characters in the short story "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken are Mr. Peters, Leita, and the magical talking fish. The story follows Mr. Peters as he uses his last wish to free the fish from a magical curse, leading to unexpected consequences.
Mr Peters wife's name was Leita the swan ?
the King of the Forest, Mr. Peters, Leita, and Rhea
The antagonist in "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken can be seen as Mr. Peters, the king of the water spirits, who grants Mr. Peters three wishes but manipulates the outcome to his own advantage, leading to unintended consequences for Mr. Peters.