VOCAB
Gloomy or Sad
What is melancholy?
The protagonist symbolized by greed and self gain.
Who is Tom Walker?
clapperclawing
What is fighting using one's fingernails?
Greed is a path to self destruction.
What is the moral of the story?
A thick forest settled on top of a ridge near the water's edge.
What is the setting?
A dwelling, place or home
What is an abode?
Grim and miserable person, called a termagant.
Who is Tom Walker's wife?
discord
What is it when one is not in harmony with another person?
The key to speak with the Devil.
What is the cloven-skull?
The finance money-brokering job.
What does the Devil offer Tom?
To rest or relax
What is to repose?
The Devil, Old-Scratch, the great Deceiver
Who is the antagonist?
parsimony
What is being really, really stingy or miserly?
To guess
What is surmise?
She is presumably killed because Tom finds what he thinks are her organs in her apron.
What happens to Tom's wife?
Old-Scratch
What is another name for the Devil?
To be really, really cheap and stingy!
What is parsimony?
The dead trees in the swamp
melancholy
What is the tone of the swamp?