Snowbound and The Devil and Tom Walker
In reading “Snowbound” and “The Devil and Tom Walker,” literary elements such as personification and symbolism are used in the stories.
In “Snowbound,” personification is used. The writer writes, “The moaning tree boughs swaying blind” (Whittier 104). This shows that the author used personification on the tree. The tree cannot be moaning, but since the tree was personified, it is moaning. So, the tree is able to be moaning because it is personified.
In “The Devil and Tom Walker,” symbolism is used. The writer writes, “She had probably attempted to deal with the black man as she had been accustomed to deal with her husband; but though a female scold is generally considered a match for the Devil” (Irving 242). This shows that the black man whom she dealt with was the Devil. Therefore, the black man himself symbolizes the Devil.
In conclusion, personification is used in “Snowbound” and symbolism is used in “The Devil and Tom Walker.” In “Snowbound,” the moaning tree was personified, and in “The Devil and Tom Walker,” the black man symbolizes the Devil.
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hey scott! like your reflection and the personified moaning tree. good job! see you at school! bye! love, rachael
Hey Scott, I enjoyed your reflection, keep up the good work. C ya. Gabriella
haha.. thanks...i'll c ya at school
hey i dont get this expository essay can you explain it to me
um.. i'm saying that.
personification is used in snowbound... for example, the tree.. it says that the tree is moaning... .as you know, tree can't be moaning, so the tree is personified..
and for the devil and tom walker, the black man symbolizes devil.because the story in the beginning doesn't really define the black man as Devil, but as we read the story, we know that the black man symbolizes the Devil..
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