The Devil and Tom Walker Question
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Who is Irving creating a satire of in the
following passage from the end of the story?
"The good people of Boston shook their heads
and shrugged their shoulders, but had been so
much accustomed to witches and goblins, and
tricks of the devil, in all kinds of shapes, from
the first settlement of the colony, that they
were not so much horror-struck as might have
been expected."
following passage from the end of the story?
"The good people of Boston shook their heads
and shrugged their shoulders, but had been so
much accustomed to witches and goblins, and
tricks of the devil, in all kinds of shapes, from
the first settlement of the colony, that they
were not so much horror-struck as might have
been expected."
- people who pretend to be unimpressed
- bankers who work for the devil with Tom
- writers who tell stories about the devil's tricks
- people who pretend to be good but are really bad