Similarities Between The Devil And Tom Walker
Washington Irving and the flaws of marriage
In “ The Devil and Tom Walker”, by Washington Irving marriage is ridiculed by Irving using satire. Satire is used in the story to attempt and ridicule marriage to cause awareness or change. Irving makes fun of marriage by including statements that show how bad Tom and his wife’s arguments get, how Tom will do anything to not please his wife and how he uses the loss of his wife for comfort.
One of the first marriage flaws Irving used was that Tom showed signs of physical abuse. In the story Irving wrote “... his face sometimes showed signs that their conflicts were not confined to words”(pg.19). Irving also includes that whenever people would walk by and hear Tom and his wife’s arguments no
In “ The Devil and Tom Walker”, by Washington Irving marriage is ridiculed by Irving using satire. Satire is used in the story to attempt and ridicule marriage to cause awareness or change. Irving makes fun of marriage by including statements that show how bad Tom and his wife’s arguments get, how Tom will do anything to not please his wife and how he uses the loss of his wife for comfort.
One of the first marriage flaws Irving used was that Tom showed signs of physical abuse. In the story Irving wrote “... his face sometimes showed signs that their conflicts were not confined to words”(pg.19). Irving also includes that whenever people would walk by and hear Tom and his wife’s arguments no