How does W.W.Jacobs create mystery and excitement in "The Monkey's Paw?"

In the nineteenth century there was no sort of entertainment e.g. television, game consoles, radios etc.People Read a lot of books they loved books that were about mystery and suspence.This was the time that "the monkey's paw" was written. In those days people were excited about far-off places like India because of all the magical things and the old fakir's and so people loved to travel to such places but it would …

…quickly changes the story. The other way there is mystery and excitement in the "monkeys paw" is when the stranger is walking towards the house and you suddenly feel what will happen next? All the characters in the "monkeys paw" have a different role like Herbert he is a joker and doesn't believe in the "monkeys paw"and Sergeant-Major-Morris he is a very tough man been in wars and still scared of the monkeys paw.