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Similarities Between The Devil And Daniel Webster

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Joseph B. Wirthlin quoted “Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning”. The devil and Daniel Webster and The devil and Tom walker were both great stories. They were similar in some ways and different in other ways. Although both stories are about bargaining with the devil, they are different in what happens. In the stories the devil has been depicted in different forms. The devil looks and acts different in the stories. In the Daniel Webster story the devil 's name is Mr. Scratch. In the Tom walker story the devil 's name is old Scratch. In the Tom Walker story, the devil was scary. He was tall, covered in soot, and had red eyes. In the Daniel Webster version, the devil looks like a normal

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