Thursday, May 30, 2019
The Devil Of Tom Walker And Th Essay -- essays research papers
Despite the evidence that Washington Irving holds to show his love for America in his stories, he portrays some characters in the Devil and Tom pusher and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as greedy. Irving shows concern for America by placing stories in uniquely American moments. In this essay I will canvas through passages and quotes from Irvings stories that he shows his love for America in his stories and portrays some characters as greedy in the two stories.     The historical settings of these stories is made apparent by the use of elements common to the revolutionary era. In The Devil and Tom Walker when Irving is describing the setting he gives an impression that it took place in America. In describing the setting he says, "It had been the fixture of the Indians during their war with the colonists." Since the war took place in America this is one evidence of his love for America. Another is when Irving is describing the devil and he makes the point that he a in particular American devil. When the devil first meets Tom and the devil is telling him about himself he says, "I amuse myself by presiding at the persecutions of Quakers and Anabaptists I am the undischarged patron and prompter of slave dealers and the grandmaster of the Salem witches." In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow there are many American traits in the description of the setting. It is tell by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a...
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