The satire of the story is Tom and his wifes marriage.
In "The Devil and Tom Walker" The Devil is referred to as "Old Scratch".
allegory
who is old scratch in "The Devil and Tom Walker"
No he tries to cheat the devil
Tom Walker sells his soul to the devil in The Devil and Tom Walker. Eventually, the devil comes to his home and takes him away on a black horse.
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who is old scratch in "The Devil and Tom Walker"
No he tries to cheat the devil
Tom Walker sells his soul to the devil in The Devil and Tom Walker. Eventually, the devil comes to his home and takes him away on a black horse.
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what was the town like in the story of the devil and tom walker
washington irving
"The Old Gentleman" is the nickname that Tom Walker calls the devil in Washington Irving's short story "The Devil and Tom Walker."
In Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker", Tom's wife attempts to extract a deal with the Devil by bringing him all of the silver in the Walker House. Things go very badly for Mrs. Walker and she is killed by the Devil. Tom, who never liked his wife, is happy she is gone and doesn't even trouble the Devil about the return of his belongings.
No. Besides, you can't kill the Devil
the devil presided at the hiding of the money
In "The Devil and Tom Walker," the devil asks for Tom Walker's soul as payment for granting him wealth and success. Tom refuses to give his soul, but the devil takes him to hell anyway.
Tom = greeddevil = temptation