LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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The men gain their wealth through honest business practices.
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Both men inherited vast wealth from their families.
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Both men made their through dishonest business practices or manipulation.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In “The Devil and Tom Walker, ” what did the Devil imply when described Deacon Peabody as “Waxed Wealthy by driving shrewd bargains with the Indians” and Crowninshield as a man who “made a vulgar display of wealth by buccaneering?” The men gain their wealth through honest business practices.
Detailed explanation-2: -“The Devil and Tom Walker” contains a moral allegory that offers a warning against greed and the pursuit of earthly gain. In this story, sinful behavior is met with punishment, and the devil controls the souls of those driven by wealth.
Detailed explanation-3: -What does “The Devil and Tom Walker” most clearly suggest happens to Tom’s wife? She runs away from home to start a more moral life. She attempts to sell her soul to Old Scratch, but she is killed by him.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tom is never seen again. All his assets become worthless-his coach horses become skeletons, the gold and silver Tom hoarded turns into wood chips and shavings, his mortgages and deeds become cinders, and his great house burns to the ground. Since that day, his ghost haunts the site of the old fortress.
Detailed explanation-5: -When the Devil says “You shall extort bonds, ” what is the meaning of extort? To obtain by threat or violence.