Why is the setting of the story 'The Monkey's Paw' appropriate?

Answer 1

The White's home is isolated and protected from the outside world by its isolation. The intrusion of the world traveling Sergeant-Major Morris is the first intrusion into their home of the outside, followed by the intrusion of the man informing them of their son's death - and the threatened third invasion by the reanimated corpse of their son. Their home also contains a chessboard which is symbolic of the dangerous game they are playing in using the monkey's paw to make wishes. Mr. White tends to play the game taking big risks with his pieces in hopes of a spectacular victory - only to have those risks yield serious negative consequences later in the game. This parallels the course of the story as the risks he takes in wishing on the paw come back to haunt him - rather literally.