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The Devil and Tom WalkerThe Devil and Tom Walker

Washington Irving

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1810-1865.Glorified nature and celebrated

individualism.Among the aspects of the "romantic":

sensibility; Primitivism; Love of nature; Sympathetic interest in the past, mysticism; And individualism.

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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 - VocabularyVocabulary

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1. 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 ____________.


5. The two characters in the story were miserly and ____________.

6. Tom’s wife can be described as ___________.

7. Tom took a shortcut through the __________.

8. When he reached the ________ he found a _________________ on the floor.

9. He met __________________________.


10. Around Walker were trees with ___________.

11. The person claimed to be __________________.

12. Because of his wife, Walker did not _________ the _________.

13. Walker was offered ___________.


14. 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 ____________.


18. Walker’s wife went to see the devil with _____________.

19. She never __________.20. Walker tried to ______________.21. All he found was ____________.22. __________ and _________ was the

evidence that Tom’s wife had a fight with the devil.

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23. 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 __________.


27. 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 ____________


31. The Devil ___________.

32. The morals of the story are _________________.

The TestThe Test

The Devil and Tom Walker

DirectionsDirections

Write the answers to the following questions in complete sentences.


1. Who is the Author of the story?

2. What other 2 works has the author written?

3. What is the setting of the story?

4. Describe Tom’s relationship with his wife.

5. How did the Story end?

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


6. 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?


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

DirectionsDirections

Use the following words in meaningful sentences.

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