1. “ The Devil and Tom Walker”
By: Washington Irving

2. What elements of Romanticism are present?
Idealism (Common Man)
Imagination
Intuition
Inspiration (spontaneity)
Individuality
Nature

3. Idealism (Common Man/Past)
Tom is the typical greedy, shameless person seeking to get rich quick
Indian War Grounds
Kidd the Pirate’s treasure

4. Imagination Trees of sinners Old Scratch’s appearance
Heart and liver found in apron
Horse buried upside down

5. Intuition (Feelings/Emotions)
Tom loses his soul to the devil.

6. Irony: contrast between appearance and reality
Tom’s comment:
“The devil take me if I have made a farthing.”

7. Tone: writer’s attitude toward subject matter
Irving’s tone is light and humorous but also moralistic.
Explain how.

8. Symbolism Tom’s shortcut through the swamp Trees
He wanted the American Dream, but he didn’t want to work for it
Trees
Sinners who have sold their souls to the devil (Deacon Peabody and Absalom Crowninshield)
Bible under the mortgage papers
Tom placed the value of money OVER religion
Tom’s stuff being reduced to cinders
He never really owned his things because he didn’t earn them.

9. Modern day examples of Tom and the Devil?