October 2013 The Devil and Tom Walker: A Love Story “The Devil and Tom Walker” is a short story that revolves around supernatural events‚ nature‚ and challenges its own characters to change their pasts. For instance‚ the Devil in “The Devil and Tom Walker” is a supernatural entity who promises fortune if Tom sells his soul. The supernatural events displayed here display the emotional wishes of both Tom and his wife. He is miserable living with his wife and cannot stand her. The Devil ends up taking
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The Devil and Tom Walker A few miles from Boston‚ in Massachusetts‚ there is a deep inlet winding several miles into the interior of the country from Charles Bay‚ and terminating in a thickly wooded swamp‚ or morass. On one side of this inlet is a beautiful dark grove; on the opposite side the land rises abruptly from the water’s edge‚ into a high ridge on which grow a few scattered oaks of great age and immense size. Under one of these gigantic trees‚ according to old stories‚ there was a great
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Is “The Devil and Tom Walker” a good or a bad example of the Romantic movement in literature? The Romantic movement‚ often known as Romanticism‚ was a literary‚ intellectual‚ and artistic movement starting in the late 1700’s into the 19th century. It originated in and traveled through Europe‚ inspiring its writers. Literary works during this era emphasized the reader’s imagination and emotion. They also had interests in nature and strive to be different from the standards that have been set
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Name Class Period Date Devil and Tom Walker (Modern Revision) Tom Walker sat at his bedside feeling rather melancholy for he had not much to do but be chided at by his notorious witch of a wife. They both lived in their humble abode of an apartment in the middle of a city but they had a sublime view that overlooked the scenery of the domicile’s dumpsters. They lived poorly‚ just barely getting by to afford a couple gallons of gas. Tom grew a hatred for almost everyone around and had only
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“The Devil and Tom Walker‚” author Washington Irving emphasizes the moral consequences of indulgence in pecuniary materialism by revealing the detrimental effects of Tom Walker’s avarice. Evidence: In the end of the story‚ Tom Walker is taken by the Devil on horseback and never returns to foreclose the mortgage. The truth of his death is unknown‚ but witnesses from the town mentioned that the forest in which the horse had galloped into was set ablaze by a lightning bolt (8). Analysis: Tom Walker’s
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Shelby Alexander Mrs. Mayes English III (H) September 4‚ 2012 The Trees in “The Devil and Tom Walker” There are these trees that are dark‚ tall and gloomy and have names on them. The names on the trees are of the Great Men of the Colony. The names are on the trees because the men sold their souls to the Devil. In the story‚ “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving there is this man that some people call “The Black Woodsmen” or “The Blackman” that runs this forest of souls that has
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Stories and myths of the devil and encounters with him are as old as time itself. They appear frequently in movies‚ essays‚ plays‚ television programs and books‚ and American authors Stephen King‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ and Washington Irving are certainly no exception. However‚ they each demonstrate it differently in their short stories. In each short story‚ the protagonist is a portrayed differently. In Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ Tom walker is a stingy‚ cheap man who fights with his
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In the story of “The Devil and Tom Walker” we first learn of the notorious pirate‚ Captain Kidd‚ and of his rumored hidden treasure in a swamp in north america near boston and about how he was hung before he could retrieve it. it than goes to talk about the couple of tom walker and his wife. it also goes to talk about tom and is continually clash and fighting. later it talks about how one day toms how tom goes on a walk out into the woods and eventually goes to an old indian fort where he sees a
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The Downfall Of Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne was a descendant of Puritan immigrants who dedicated his life to writing. It was through his short story "Young Goodman Brown" that Hawthorne uses it to explain Young Goodman Brown ’s excessive pride. This excessive pride interferes with the relationship of his wife Faith and the community‚ which ultimately causes Young Goodman Brown ’s downfall. "Young Goodman Brown" sets up his journey that his wife asks him to "pr ’y thee‚ put off your
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