The opening paragraph of Washington Irving's short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" describes a wooded area just outside the city of Boston. It is here that the greedy Tom Walker first meets "old scratch" and later makes a deal with the "black woodsman."
The area could be characterized as ominous, ancient and tempting. The setting is "thickly wooded" with "gigantic trees" in a "dark grove" and could be considered the perfect backdrop for some...
The opening paragraph of Washington Irving's short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" describes a wooded area just outside the city of Boston. It is here that the greedy Tom Walker first meets "old scratch" and later makes a deal with the "black woodsman."
The area could be characterized as ominous, ancient and tempting. The setting is "thickly wooded" with "gigantic trees" in a "dark grove" and could be considered the perfect backdrop for some ghost or horror story. It's also a "morass" where nothing good could take place. The area is quite old in myth and story as judged by the tale of the pirate Captain Kidd. The trees are very old and "remarkable," alluding to the fact that this area has been basically untouched for many years. The setting could also be referred to as tempting because Kidd's treasure is supposedly buried under one of these trees. It is described as a "great amount of treasure." Of course, the devil controls this treasure and uses it to lure souls, such as Tom Walker, to hell.
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