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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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    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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    In Irving’s “the devil and tom walker” he has used symbolism to exemplify the elements of romanticism by using the five characteristics of romantic literature. He uses imagination‚ idealism‚ and intuition to create a literary classic that teaches many valuable life lessons. All things considered this is why “the devil and tom walker” is one of the greatest short stories in history. Throughout the entire story imagination is a very prominent aspect‚ his vivid descriptions and writing allows you to

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    What is Romanticism? Romanticism was a movement in the 19th century in where art‚ literature‚ and music experienced a growth in not only popularity‚ but also creativity‚ in the form of intuition‚ inspiration‚ imagination‚ individuality‚ and idealism. There are many characteristics of Romanticism that can be recognized within many aspects of literature. The few characteristics that are widely common in literature will be shown here. In the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker‚” written by Washington

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    One of the main elements of Romanticism that it used throughout the story‚ “The Devil and Tom Walker‚” that was wrote by Washington Irving is the archetypal plot‚ which is someone who sells his or her own soul to the devil for money‚ wisdom‚ power‚ and fame. The character that really shows this element is Tom Walker because he will do anything to be rich. This element that Tom shows in the story is going against our Christian beliefs and he is turning himself further away from God. Christians believe

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    The Devil and Tom Walker relates to American Romanticism in numerous ways. The Devil and Tom Walker finds inspiration in myth‚ legend‚ and folklore and also values feeling and intuition over reason. To begin with‚ Kidd the Pirate is an excellent example. “Under one of these gigantic trees‚ according to old stories‚ there was a great amount of treasure buried by Kidd the Pirate. This quote explains the legend of Kidd the Pirate. It is an example of American Romanticism because it finds inspiration

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    The Devil and Tom Walker "The Devil and Tom Walker" written by Washington Irving is an example of romanticism in American literature. This book was written between the late 1600’s and early 1700’s. Romanticism was an artistic movement within literature in the 19th century that promoted individuality with emotion‚ love and nature. Romanticism within literature stretched the hearts and feelings of characters and challenged them to change their pasts. Characters‚ such as Tom‚ his wife‚ and even the

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    The story "The Devil and Tom Walker" is a story about a man who lives an immoral life of greed. Walker lives in a solemn‚ wooded‚ quiet area of New England. Walker runs into the devil and sees that the devil is cutting down someone else’s timber. The evil is shown‚ by the devil in how he is premeditating the murder of "Deacon Peabody". Walker contemplates this meeting with the devil‚ and recognizes that wealth is the first priority for him. Tom Walker’s wife was filled with greed and wanted to acquire

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    Period 6 June 11‚ 2014 Final The Devil and Tom Walker Tom Walker was the dynamic character in Washington Irving’s short story The Devil and Tom Walker. Tom Walker in my opinion changes toward the end of the story; he starts to come to the realization and see how good he had it in his life. Tom experiences an epiphany and changes dramatically by He became much more appreciative and caring of his life‚ surroundings and others. Meeting the Devil brought Tom Walkers greedy side out. He’d always been

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    In the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ the author shows greed by the main character selling his soul for a large treasure‚ being a cheap and greedy moneylender‚ and the lack of the main character and his wife sharing the wealth between each other in order to show that people will do anything for money and become rich. “The Devil and Tom Walker” was written by Washington Irving. Washington was a very famous American author. Washington Irving was born in New York on April 3‚ 1783. In his childhood

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