“The Devil and Tom Walker”

Washington Irving

Set the Purpose

• Apply characteristics of Romanticism to the story.– Romantics elevated imagination over reason.– Romantics elevated intuition over fact.– Romantics reveled in nature.– Romantics accented the fantastic, the haunting, the

suspenseful.– Romantics saw the darker side of the Puritan culture.

• Point of View, Setting, Plot, Character, Symbols, and Theme

Pair Share…

• With a partner, locate two textual examples for each characteristic of Romanticism.

• Discuss why textual example fits with characteristic!

• Large group discussion of Romanticism.

Set the Purpose…Discuss your sticky notes…

• Pair Share: Re-read/Skim “The Devil and Tom Walker”

• Apply characteristics of Romanticism to the story.– Romantics elevated imagination over reason.– Romantics elevated intuition over fact.– Romantics reveled in nature.– Romantics accented the fantastic, the haunting, the

suspenseful.– Romantics saw the darker side of the Puritan culture.

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• Apply Romanticism. Create one paragraph with topic sentence, with 5-7 supporting sentences containing specific characteristics, textual examples, and with a concluding statement. Why does this story “fit” into the Romantic category?

Elements of Literature• Point of View is the perspective, or

vantage point, from which a story is told.– First-person = the narrator is a character in the

story and refers to him/herself with first person pronoun I.

– Omniscient third person = narrator tells about what each character feels and thinks. Uses pronouns like he/she.

– Limited third person = narrator relates the inner thoughts and feelings of only one character, and everything is viewed from this character's perspective. Uses pronouns like he/she.

Break-out Session

• Apply Point of View to “The Devil and Tom Walker.”

• Apply Point of View to your favorite movie.

Elements of Literature

• The setting of a literary work is the time and place of the action.– Setting may provide background for the

action.– Setting may be a crucial element in the plot or

central conflict.– Setting may create a certain emotional

atmosphere or mood.– Sometimes, setting may act as another

character.

Break-out Session

• Apply setting to “The Devil and Tom Walker.” How is setting at work in this story?

• Can you think of a movie in which setting acted as another character?

Elements of Literature

• Plot is the sequence of events in a literary work.– Exposition– Conflict (Internal vs. External)– Rising Action– Climax– Falling Action– Resolution– Conclusion

Break-out Session

• Apply the parts of the plot as a means of ascertaining whether “The Devil and Tom Walker” is traditional literature.

Elements of Literature

• A character is a person or an animal that takes part in he action of a literary work. – Static– Dynamic– Flat– Round

Break-out Session

• Is Tom static or dynamic?

• Is Tom flat or round?

Elements of Literature

• A symbol is anything that stand for or represents something else.

Break-out Session

• List two symbols and what each represents.

Elements of Literature

• A theme is a central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work.

Break-out Session

• What is the theme? What is Irving trying to teach?