The Devil and Tom Walker Washington Irving The

The Devil and Tom Walker Washington Irving

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker – Romantic Movement l 1810 -1865. l Glorified nature and celebrated individualism. l Among the aspects of the "romantic": sensibility; Primitivism; Love of nature; Sympathetic interest in the past, mysticism; And individualism.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker – Romantic Movement l Among the specific characteristics of the movement are: the dropping of the conventional diction in favor of fresher language and bolder figures; the idealization of rural life; enthusiasm for the wild, irregular, or grotesque in nature and art; unrestrained imagination; enthusiasm for the uncivilized or "natural"; interest in human rights; sympathy with animal life; renewed interest in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker Vocabulary l Avarice l Usurers l Extort l Ostentation l Parsimony

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil And Tom Walker Other major works by Washington Irving are _______ and _______. 2. An omniscient narrator is _________. 3. The setting of the story is _____. 4. It is believed that _____ guards treasures that are ______. 1.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The two characters in the story were miserly and ______. Tom’s wife can be described as ______. Tom took a shortcut through the _____. When he reached the ____ he found a _________ on the floor. He met _____________.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker Around Walker were trees with ______. 11. The person claimed to be _________. 12. Because of his wife, Walker did not _____ the _____. 13. Walker was offered ______. 10.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker The man disappeared by ______. 15. _____ was left on Walker’s forehead. 16. When she heard the news, Walker’s wife was _______. 17. His wife decides to ______. 14.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Walker’s wife went to see the devil with _______. She never _____. Walker tried to _______. All he found was ______ and _____ was the evidence that Tom’s wife had a fight with the devil.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil And Tom Walker felt bad for ______. 24. Walker agreed to sell his soul to the devil. 25. Walker refused to become ______. 26. They both decide that he should become a _____. 23.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker started to make money from the _____. 28. When he was older Walker started ______. 29. He immersed himself in religion. 30. At the end there were ______ knocks and ______ 27.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker The Devil ______. 32. The morals of the story are _________. 31.

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The Test The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker

Directions l Write the answers to the following questions in complete sentences.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Who is the Author of the story? What other 2 works has the author written? What is the setting of the story? Describe Tom’s relationship with his wife. How did the Story end?

Part 2 Directions l Write the answers to the following questions and give examples for each of your answers. BACK THAT THANG’ UP!

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker How would this story be different if it was written today? 7. How does the author try to scare his readers into being better people? Does he do a good job? 8. Why does walker’s wife not have a name? 9. What elements of the supernatural can be found in this short story? 6.

The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker 10. Tom Walker sold his soul for something he really wanted. Was it worth it?

The Devil and Tom Walker

Directions l Use the following words in meaningful sentences. l l l Avarice Usurers Extort Ostentation Parsimony