Corruption In Jabez Stone's The Devil And Daniel Webster
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The Devil and Daniel Webster is about a small farmer named Jabez Stone who has fallen on some hard times. Stone is in a difficult situation where he can lose his land due to his failing farm. With all the pent up aggression and frustration Stone shouted. "it's enough to make a man want to sell his soul to the devil!" Then appears a man named Mr. Scratch who offers Stone all that he wanted for seven years, but then he would have to pay. This brings us to our first theme which is, desperation. Stone is so fed up with the bad luck that is his life and will legitimately do anything to change that. So in his desperation he makes the deal with Mr. Scratch, aka The Devil. Into his seven years though towards the end Stone’s life has made a complete