Foreshadowing- Tom goes through the forest and chooses the shortest path home. this foreshadows him choosing the shortest way to money, by bartering with the devil.
Satire is used throughout, to make fun of American morals.
Allegory- Old Scratch is evil. The quagmires are consequence. Tom is hypocrisy.
POV- 3rd person
Symbolism: Tom's marraige is sterility. the black man and the wife bartering is betrayal. the names on the trees are the corrupt destined for hell. the Indian fort is hell. tom cheating the devil is obviously betrayal. The Bible under the morgage papers means tom values money over religion.
Theme: greed, evil, religion, hypocracy.
greed quotes for the devil and tom walker
who is old scratch in "The Devil and Tom Walker"
No he tries to cheat the devil
The satire of the story is Tom and his wifes marriage.
Tom Walker sells his soul to the devil in The Devil and Tom Walker. Eventually, the devil comes to his home and takes him away on a black horse.
greed quotes for the devil and tom walker
who is old scratch in "The Devil and Tom Walker"
No he tries to cheat the devil
The satire of the story is Tom and his wifes marriage.
Tom Walker sells his soul to the devil in The Devil and Tom Walker. Eventually, the devil comes to his home and takes him away on a black horse.
what was the town like in the story of the devil and tom walker
Old Scratch and Tom Walker
"The Old Gentleman" is the nickname that Tom Walker calls the devil in Washington Irving's short story "The Devil and Tom Walker."
In "The Devil and Tom Walker," the devil asks for Tom Walker's soul as payment for granting him wealth and success. Tom refuses to give his soul, but the devil takes him to hell anyway.
'The Devil and Tom Walker' is a short story published in 1824 by American writer, Washington Irving. The Devil is the antagonist in the story.
In Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker", Tom's wife attempts to extract a deal with the Devil by bringing him all of the silver in the Walker House. Things go very badly for Mrs. Walker and she is killed by the Devil. Tom, who never liked his wife, is happy she is gone and doesn't even trouble the Devil about the return of his belongings.
Tom Walker's money becomes worthless at the end of the Devil and Tom Walker. His possessions had also disappeared.