There have been numerous stories, tunes, movies, and craft depicting the exemplary story of man vs. the fallen angel. The old German legend of "Faust," which is accepted to be the primary impact in Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker", was utilized as a lesson to alarm individuals from wrongdoing.
The setting delineated in the story was depicted through vividly dull symbolism of a desolate and foreboding timberland with a dim marsh over what was at one time an Indian fortress used to secure the Native American's youngsters from strike throughout clash with the homesteaders of America. Each depiction of setting or character in the story was of a negative and evil implication. In 1727, the time in which the story was said to have occurred, was verifiably a barbarous time for Boston. Tremors and wiped out challenges brought about the individuals to accept the terrible occasions were demonstrations of god acquired on reaction to their sins. New England, just 100 prior years the story was guaranteed to have occurred, was included in much embarrassment, incorporating the Salem Witch Trials. The history of colonization, witchcraft, and other mysterious exercises devoured the New England zone with old stories and bits of hearsay, one of which was the story of "The Devil and Tom Walker".