Similarities Between Devil And Tom Walker

I think among the three Dark Romantic stories we read, “Devil And Tom Walker” written by Washington Irving provides the most powerful moral lesson. In “Devil And Tom Walker”, the author tells a story about the deal Tom made with the Devil and the results of Tom and his wife to illustrate that gaining ill-gotten wealth would always pay with retribution. For example: “Tom seized the check apron, but, woful sight! found nothing but a heart and liver tied up in it” (Irving 328). When Tom’s wife heard that the Devil gave Tom a chance to become wealthy, she pushed Tom to make the deal. Aftering her request being refused by Tom, she went to find the Devil herself, and never came back. This is the retribution for his wife’s greed. Take Tom’s end as