The Devil and Tom Walker Review

Ex: A “short-cut" through the swamp on Toms way home shows Tom's desire to get ahead in life quickly without work

Symbolizes: Selfishness - nagging greedy wife - dies

recognizable patterns in a storys plot + structure repeatedly found in stories across time, cultures, and beliefs

Shortcut to Wealth

existing very commonly or happening often; widespread in a particular area or at a particular time

A person who lends money at unreasonably high rates of interest (they expect a much larger amount of money later)

meant to show off his wealth on the outside but on the inside shows toms miserly character (false appearances)

pretentious and vulgar display, especially of wealth and luxury, intended to impress or attract notice

not moving; not flowing; motionless

Hypocrisy because he carries around this to ward off the devil but still makes money from their deal

Toms miserly character bc he takes as much money he can from each client but refuses to spend money on taking care of it

Ex: A miserable horse, whose ribs were as articulate as the bars of a gridiron

Symbolizes: Temptation - antagonist - black man with axe, neither negro nor indian

Temptation

stingy; mean

makes a passing reference to a book, play, movie, song, or other work people are likely to be familiar with

The moral decay of society

smelling very unpleasant

Darkness and Evil

uncertain, risky, dangerous

sad and lonely

Greed

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman

Ex: Making a deal with the devil that ends in tragedy

Comparing two things using the words “like” or “as”

Comparing two things without using like or as

Symbolizes: Greed - protagonist - miserly man - hypocrisy

Ex: “a great man had fallen in Israel.” is a biblical reference meaning a great man had died