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Washington Irving: Archetype Man

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Washington Irving was a greedy person. Mr. Irving is a rude person and is a archetype person. His selfishness got his wife killed and himself killed. He only cares about money and himself, he has no feelings towards people what’s so ever. The story theme is that the greedy people at the end lose. He was playing with the devil, and with the devil there is no games because he will take your life away so fast just like he did to Irving. The lesson learn is that don’t put your money where your mouth is.

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