These characters and surrounding areas can be viewed on two different levels which makes “The Devil and Tom Walker” an allegory. Overall, the theme of greed is very well expressed by Irving through Tom,who himself represents greed, his wife, and the trees in the woods. The theme of temptation is represented by Old Scratch, and the punishment of temptation is directly represented by the death of Tom walker’s
These characters and surrounding areas can be viewed on two different levels which makes “The Devil and Tom Walker” an allegory. Overall, the theme of greed is very well expressed by Irving through Tom,who himself represents greed, his wife, and the trees in the woods. The theme of temptation is represented by Old Scratch, and the punishment of temptation is directly represented by the death of Tom walker’s