The characters in this story each play a significant role in developing the story as a whole. As stated by David Peck, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" has a wide array of characters, each with a distinguished personality, yet an overall temperament that would be fitting of a New England community." The main character is Jabez Stone, a poor washed up farmer recently turned into senator of New Hampshire. He had started out as a farmer, but moved up in life and, when he was about thirty years old, he married a woman by the name of Mary Stone. The fiddler, who, for the most part was not that important in this story, was a key character in

In conclusion, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" is a beautifully written masterpiece of American literature that will definately be cherished for generations of readers to come. It illustrates the cause and effect of desire for material wealth, which is what Jabez wanted. On the other hand, it can be argued that Jabez's motive was not a craving for wealth, instead it was for the love and wellbeing of his family.

In "The Devil and Daniel Webster", Jabez Stone signs a contract with the devil to save his family from starvation. He was thinking of others when he signed the contract, and not himself. That is what leads to Webster's strong point for his defense of Jabez Stone, "Then he turned to Jabez Stone...an ordinary man who'd had hard luck and wanted to change it. And, because he'd wanted to change it, now he was going to be punished for all eternity". The story is truly a credit to the true Daniel Webster, as David Peck very nicely noted: "The story tapped America's love for folklore and legend, it re-created the story of a genuine American hero." A "genuine American hero" is what Webster is truly portrayed as in this narrative." Peck also noted that "The story is praise not only for Daniel Webster, however, but also for his country, for the two are inextricably intertwined." This story also hints to the fact even though people may seem to be cruel and hard on the outside, they can be truly caring and kind. "The political and spiritual lessons to be learned from "The Devil and Daniel Webster" are those which are very important to the existence and survival of every human being alive today " (Parry Stroud).

that he provided foreshadowing. When he said, "But the very devil's got into that fiddle of mine," he was foreshadow

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