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Slide1

The Devil and Tom Walker

English 11Slide2

What we see is not always what we get…sometimes we get more. Slide3

What does a rose symbolize?Slide4
Slide5
Slide6
Slide7
Slide8

Symbolism

Symbolism

is the use of

an object,

person, situation, or word to represent something

else in

literature.Slide9

Satire

Satire is the

use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.Slide10

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZlDTT6MZL8Slide11

As we read:

You will need to take notes on the symbols we discuss. You do not need to copy the slides word for word but you will need to take enough notes to understand each symbol. Slide12

Setting

Just outside of Boston, Massachusetts

Near a wooded swamp

Importance of setting:

This swamp is the place where characters must confront the nature of their own beings and moral makeup. Slide13

Characters

Tom Walker

“A meager, miserly fellow,”

Dislikes his wife

Tom Walker’s Wife

“A miserly woman”, “a tall termagant”, “fierce of temper”, “loud of tongue”, and “strong arm”

Old Scratch

The devil, goes by many names, “a shock of coarse black hair, that stood out from his head in all directions” Slide14

Shortcut

Shortcuts are rarely good ideas.

This

symbolizes the shortcuts to wealth that could possibly be “ill-gotten.”

The shortcut is hard to navigate and confusing, much like the conscious of Tom Walker.

The lines that show this are:

Lines 39-42 Slide15

The Swamp

Tom takes a shortcut through the swamp

The swamp symbolizes pride, moral decay, and shortcuts

The lines that show these are:

Lines 38-40

Lines 94-102Slide16

Rotten Tree

This symbolize the moral decay of society.

This also symbolizes the lack of substance in Tom Walker’s life.

The lines that show this are:

Lines 96-100 Slide17

Old Scratch

Old Scratch is the Devil

The Devil symbolizes temptation

The lines that show this are:

Lines 128-131Slide18

Tom Walker

Tom Walker symbolizes the greed of society and how easy it is for some people to succumb to temptation.

The lines that show this are:

Lines 53-54

Lines 232-235Slide19

Tom Walker’s New House

This symbolizes the emptiness of his life and how fake it is.

The outside appears rich but the inside show that he has no substance.

The line that show this are:

Lines 269-272Slide20

The Bible

The bible under the mortgage papers symbolizes how money was far more important than anything else to Tom Walker.

He cannot find the thing that he thinks will save him.

The lines that show this are:

Lines 321-323 Slide21

Storyboard Assignment

You will be creating a storyboard with a minimum of six squares

. Your job is to start at the beginning of the story and move to the end, recording in both words and pictures the storyline of “The Devil and Tom Walker.”

Storyboard Must include:

Setting

Tom Walker

Tom Walker’s Wife

Old Scratch

At least two symbols (explain them)

Each Box Must Include:

Illustration with description