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This document contains a worksheet for students analyzing "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving. It has two parts: 1) a close reading where students identify words/phrases and underline descriptions/imagery, and 2) questions about plot details. Students are asked to summarize key events - Tom reluctantly agrees to terms with the black man, his wife disappears presumed dead, and as he ages he becomes increasingly violent and greedy - and analyze how the story represents Gothic and macabre elements through its tone, images, and characters.

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Tom Walker Part 2 Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet for students analyzing "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving. It has two parts: 1) a close reading where students identify words/phrases and underline descriptions/imagery, and 2) questions about plot details. Students are asked to summarize key events - Tom reluctantly agrees to terms with the black man, his wife disappears presumed dead, and as he ages he becomes increasingly violent and greedy - and analyze how the story represents Gothic and macabre elements through its tone, images, and characters.

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Name: ___________________________________________ Period: ________ Date: ___________

The Devil and Tom Walker


pgs. 312-324
MARKING THE TEXT – Part 1 (pgs. 319-324)
Step 1: Directions: Find and Circle or Highlight the Words or Phrases that mean the following
 Line 148 – Pirate  Line 214 – Excite or  Line 272 – Cheapness or
 Line 154 – Glad to Stimulate Stinginess
 Line 161 – Gloomy  Line 217 – Stroll or Walk  Line 283-84 – Regret or
 Line 164 – Peacemaking Leisurely Shame
 Line 176 – Assumed  Line 219 – Negotiate  Line 289 – Eagerness
 Line 180 –Sullen Victory  Line 223 – Absolutely Will  Line 303 – Exaggeration or
 Line 194 – Try Not Agree Excess
 Line 205 – Nerve or  Line 236 – Cheat  Line 310 – Courtesy or Mercy
Daringness  Line 249 – Overwhelmed  Line 315 – Godliness or
 Line 209 – Guts or Backbone  Line 257 – Sorry Situation Virtue
 Line 270 – Glorified  Line 342 – Safe-box or Vault

Step 2: Underline any Descriptions of Characters

Step 3: Mark ALL Examples of the following in the text


a. Imagery
b. Tone/Mood

GUIDE QUESTIONS – Part 2 (pgs. 319-324) - Answer the questions in complete sentences
1.) Why Tom did not want to comply with the black man’s terms at first? (pg. 319)

2.) What did Tom’s wife decide to do on her own? What do people think happened to her?(pg. 319-320)

3.) What was the 1st thing Tom refused to do with Kidd the Pirate’s money? Instead what did the black man make
him do with the money? (pg. 320)

4.) As Tom Walker got older, why do you think he became a “violent churchgoer”? Explain your answer? (pg. 322)
Name: ___________________________________________ Period: ________ Date: ___________

5.) What did Tom Walker always carry in his coat pocket? ? (pg. 322)

6.) What did Tom do (or say) that caused the Devil to finally come knocking at his door? (pg. 323)

7.) Who does Washington Irving say should take “this story to heart”? (pg. 324)

FOLLOW UP QUESTION: Answer the following question in the bullet points below
What elements of Part 2 of the story so far represent the concepts of Gothic Romanticism and Macabre?
State at least 3 so far – think about the tone, images, characters, and plot of the story

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