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    In both “Black Elk” and “Young Goodman Brown”‚ the main character’s beliefs are displayed through their perception on nature. Each story depicts separate cultures; Puritanism in “Young Goodman Brown” and the Native American culture demonstrated in “Black Elk”. The main difference between these two cultures revolves around the basic beliefs in which they are structured. The fundamental faith of Puritanism renders on the idea of the world’s continuous progression; whereas‚ the Native American viewpoint

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    Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown. Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes symbolism throughout his short story Young Goodman Brown to impact and clarify the theme of good people sometimes do bad things. Hawthorne uses a variety of light and dark imagery‚ names‚ and people to illustrate irony and different translations. Young Goodman Brown is a story about a man who comes to terms with the reality that people are imperfect and flawed and then dies a bitter death from the enlightenment of his journey through

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    The duality of human nature between the characters; Tom WalkerYoung Goodman Brown‚ and Connie are revealed vastly contrarily and similarly throughout the each short stories. Tom Walker‚ a greedy‚ lazy‚ materialistic man throughout the short story “Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving as he makes his way through the muddy unpleasant swamp. Young Goodman Brown‚ an innocent‚ guilty‚ follower who is a victim of the Devil‚ in the story “Young Goodman Brown” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. He has

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    In The Swimmer and in Young Goodman Brown both Nathaniel Hawthorne and John Cheever wrote romantic literature dealing with the issues and value of common natural man in society. They both show symbolisms in colors through imagery and through everyday items‚ but overall their themes and motifs are completely different. In The Swimmer the main character Neddy Merril swims around pools down the river of Lucinda which “..was a pale shade of green.” (p20)The pale shade of green represents nature and

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    The short story “The Devil and Tom walker” by Washington Irving is a classic dark romantic story. Although the story has many elements in it‚ symbolism is seen the most. The three main symbols are the Devil being a representation of temptations in life‚ the forest represents the bad side of life and the trees showing the lives of many men that have done bad. The first symbol is the Devil. The Devil in the story represents temptations. Early in the story Tom’s wife goes out to find riches in the

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    Washington Irving’s The Devil and Tom Walker is an allegory warning people about the consequences of greed. The tale depicts Tom Walker as a miser who is greedy and exercises moral corruption when he sells his soul to Old Scratch‚ the devil‚ in exchange for a pirate’s wealth. He earns his wealth turning usurer for the devil and finally‚ karma strikes and the devil claims Tom Walker’s soul. The passage provided shows why Tom’s career as a usurer was so successful; the devil is successful for the same

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    The Devil and Tom Walker is a story that has been passed down from generation to generation. This story is about a man by the name of Tom Walker‚ who believes that wealth and worldly possessions are everything. He is married to a woman that beats him‚ and she could care less about him or his existence. Tom and his wife are cheap‚ greedy‚ manipulative people. They will cheat each other out of anything that will benefit themselves. One day‚ Tom decides to take a shortcut through the woods to get home

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    The Devil and Tom Walker is a short story about a man who makes a deal with the Native American version of the devil called “The Old Scratch.” In the beginning‚ Tom Walker meets the devil in an abandoned house in a swamp. The devil offers him a part of Kidd the Pirates hidden treasure‚ which is under his protection. Tom’s wife is convinced that Tom should take him up on the offer because they will be richer in the long run. When Tom decides against it because he doesn’t want to share with his wife

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    The Devil and Tom Walker is a short story‚ written in 1824 by was Washington Irving. The story takes place in a swamp near Boston‚ in these swamps there lies a treasure buried by Kidd the Pirate‚ but guard by satan himself. After many years‚ Kidd The Pirate is finally caught and sentenced to be lynched for pirating‚ The devil sought out to sell the treasure at a high cost. Of course‚ the cost would be the buyers soul‚ which is a cost not too many people are willing to pay. Tom is a miserly man who

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    Mundy’s Mill High School Department of Foreign Language Jonesboro‚ GA Instructor’s Name: Florencia I. Anderson Class Name: Spanish II Room No. 115 E-mail: fanderson@clayton.k12.ga.us Textbook: Glencoe – En Español Replacement cost: $ 55 Period: _________________ Time: _____________ * Facebook: lamaestraespañol Course Description: Spanish is a college preparatory course designed to teach students to communicate in Spanish. Emphasis

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