it all about the money
Tom = greeddevil = temptation
Old Scratch, also known as the Devil, is a character in "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving. He is a cunning and deceptive figure who tempts Tom Walker with wealth and power in exchange for his soul. Old Scratch represents temptation and the consequences of making deals with evil forces.
No he tries to cheat the devil
who is old scratch in "The Devil and Tom Walker"
In "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving, the symbols include the forest, which represents the unknown and temptation; the Indian fort buried in trees, symbolizing past atrocities; and the swamp, which symbolizes moral decay and the consequences of making a deal with 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.
The satire of the story is Tom and his wifes marriage.
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Old Scratch and Tom Walker
"The Old Gentleman" is the nickname that Tom Walker calls the devil in Washington Irving's short story "The Devil and Tom Walker."
An archetype is a very old imaginative pattern that appears in iterature across cultures and is repeated through the ages. So, there is the archetype of the nagging wife and the archetype of selling your soul to the devil.