To me, there are at least a couple of aspects of gothic
literature in this story. They are A) horror and B) a focus on the supernatural or
imaginary rather than on things that can actually happen in our
world.
If you think about this story, it all revolves
around the idea that this monkey's paw could actually have the power to grant wishes.
It has a spell put on it that allows this to happen. This is clearly
supernatural.
Next, look at what happens to the Whites in
this story -- very horrible, right? There is an atmosphere of horror as soon as the paw
comes out. Then we have Herbert dying and, at the end, the implication that Herbert has
come back as some sort of zombie or something.
So we have
horror and the supernatural -- major aspects of gothic
literature.
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