The Devil and Tom Walker
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Themes
All Themes Greed Usury Wealth, Religion, and Hypocrisy Storytelling as Moral Instruction
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All Characters Tom Walker Old Scratch Tom Walker’s Wife Captain Kidd Deacon Peabody Absalom Crowninshield The Land Jobber
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All Symbols Old Scratch’s Swamp
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All Literary Devices Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Satire Setting Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony
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The Devil and Tom Walker

by

Washington Irving
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Old Scratch’s Swamp

The swamp near which Tom Walker and his wife live is a complex symbol for the world of matter (gold and silver), as well as worldliness (the base pursuit of earthly riches), and moral corruption… read analysis of Old Scratch’s Swamp

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