HALLOWEEN

Tania-Daniela Ene
Origines of Halloween

• Halloween, also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve, is celebrated
every year on the 31st of October by many people all over the world. The modern-day
Halloween is said to have originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, held
around the 1st of November, the date that marked the transition from autumn to winter. It
was at this time of year that people believed the boundary between the worlds of living and
dead became blurred, and was when the souls of the dead were said to revisit their
homes.
W.W. Jacobs The Monkey’s Paw

• William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943)

was an English author of short stories and novels. During his career
he was best known for his farcical comedies involving dockside
and rural Essex characters. He occasionally wrote horror stories
and today is most famous for "The Monkey's Paw" (1902).
W.W. Jacobs The Monkey’s Paw

• "The Monkey's Paw" is a supernatural short story by author W. W.

Jacobs, first published in England in the collection The Lady of the
Barge in 1902. In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner
of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price
for interfering with fate.
• It has been adapted many times in other media, including plays,
films, TV series, operas, stories and comics, as early as 1903 and
as recently as 2017. It was first adapted to film in 1915 as a British
silent film directed by Sidney Northcote. The film (now lost)
starred John Lawson who also played the main character in Louis
N. Parker's 1907 stage play as well.