The play "The Devil and Daniel Webster" was written by Stephen Vincent Benét in 1938. Stephen Vincent Benét was born in 1898 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His education came from Yale University and the Sorbonne in Paris, France. "The Devil and Daniel Webster" has a wide array of characters, each with a distinguished personality, yet an overall temperment that would be fitting of a New England community. The main character is Jabez Stone, a wealthy New England statesman whose possition was the state
The Devil and Daniel Webster Movie In the movie and the short story, "The Devil and Daniel Webster", written by Stephen Vincent Benet, there is illustrated the battle between the forces of good and evil. Although the story allows the reader to mentally picture the scenes and the movie does the depicting for the viewer, there are several similarities in each script. Some of these similarities are the way the characters are depicted and the final scene. There are several incongruous scenes
Introduction The story I had read was the Devil and Daniel Webster it was written by Stephen Vincent Ben’et. This story is a lot alike most of his other stories discussing what it means to be an American. Also this story is one of his most famous stories it combines folk-lore and history also it has been made into a play and so to be coming out a movie. Story Summary In this story it begins speaking about a character named Daniel Webster, which was from Marshfield, but, later the story
Things Aren’t Always What They Seem “The Devil and Daniel Webster” was a historical based narrative written in 1937 by Stephen Benet. This strong belief based story is about a young man who simply “runs” into some good luck. After angrily shouting a phrase “I vow it’s enough to make a man want to sell his soul to the devil! And I would too for two cents!”(Benet 2), a man appears, a sinister man who offers good old Jabez Stone a deal. Though the main character, Jabez Stone, tried to embrace his contract
Intent and Motive in The Devil and Tom Walker and The Devil and Daniel Webster Washington Irving, in writing "The Devil and Tom Walker", and Stephen Vincent Benet, in writing "The Devil and Daniel Webster" illustrate to the reader the consequences of man's desire for material wealth and how a person's motivation for a relationship with the devil affects the outcome of the "deal". In these two different, yet surprisingly similar narratives, the authors present their beliefs about human intent
Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster. These men all died nearly a decade before the civil war began, but they didn’t know how much they would effect it. States’ rights was a very controversial issue, and one which had strong opposition and radical proposals coming from both sides. John C. Calhoun was in favor of giving states the power to nullify laws that they saw unconstitutional, and he presented this theory in his “Doctrine of Nullification”. Daniel Webster strongly disagreed with this
to receive personal gain. Since this type of literature originated in the Fourth Century it has spread throughout the world. Two relatively recent versions of this legend are “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving and “The Devil and Daniel Webster” by Vincent Benét. These stories show many similarities as well as a few differences. While both Benét and Irving present similar themes in setting of the tales and motivation in the Faustian character, they do differ in the nature of that character
In recent years, popular tales of the Devil in our culture derive from heartfelt stories of man’s victory over evil, and justice being served. The story of The Devil and Daniel Webster, by Stephen Vincent Bénet is a beacon of inspiration for countless retellings on different platforms of evil, not just that of the Devil. For example, the familiar recounting in The Simpson when Homer sells his soul to the Devil for one of his favorites pleasures, the strawberry, frosted, sprinkled donut; while performing
Background Daniel Webster is considered one of the greatest orators in the history of the American senate. In fact, his speech “Reply to Hayne” is considered to be the most eloquent speech ever delivered in Congress. Daniel was a senator for Massachusetts and a prominent figure among Northerners. Through his life he was a part of three different parties: Adams, anti-Jacksonian, and Whig. This speech was widely considered to be contrary to the ideals of the Whig party and after giving it Daniel Webster
Since the founding of the nation, opposing opinions have slowed the decisions of the United States government. The two party system would eventually come to dominate the political world of Congress and had fully come of age by 1840 after both originating out of the Democratic - Republican Party of the early 1800’s. During the 1830’s and the 1840’s, the rivalling parties of the Whigs and the Jacksonian democrats would create a grudge match within the government. Matters regarding the political issues
In life there are many terms that are relative to individual cultures. That means that the definition is different depending on the culture's location and its persons believe. The definition for one such term, courage, as defined by both Daniel Webster and Funk & Wagnalls is "That quality of mind or spirit enabling one to meet danger or difficulties/ opposition with firmness/fearlessness." The words that make courage a relative term are danger and opposition. The definitions of those words
the states to have more power. As Madison prepares for his term in office, the citizens of the United States were most likely expecting him to be more open to suggestion in his interpretations of the Constitution. However, during a speech by Daniel Webster, a Federalist speaking on behalf of the entire Federalist Party, and a veto on internal improvements, Madison proves that he truly is not a loose constructionist as his party would have preferred him to be. Both Madison and Jefferson are guilty
period. For example, the first acted version of Dr. Faustus was written in 1592, by Christopher Marlowe, but Marlowe stole the plot from the original version “Historia and Legend of Dr. Johannes Faustus. The most updated version is “the Devil and Daniel Webster,” which was written in 1937. Here, the difference in obvious. The titles were changed, so the play is more appealing to the people in the era. Furthermore, these changes have occurred in two different versions, which were written in different
jump on the dead level, why, he could lay over any frog in the profession, and Smiley broke all the camps around there betting on that frog. Bye and bye he got a misfortune. He used to keep his frog in a little lattice box. The frog's name was Daniel Webster, and he would bring that box down town and lay for a bet. And one day a fellow came along, a stranger in the camp he was, he says, "What might it be that you have got in the box?" "Well," Smiley says, "It ain't anything particular, it's only just
In Stephen Benet's fictional story "The Devil and Daniel Webster," the social values that are being taught are that you should never cheat your way to the top and that America was built on good and evil, which I believe are presented by the author through the setting, the character's and the actions of the characters. The first value taught in the story was to never cheat your way to the top. This value deals with human choice because it gives the reader an understanding on that you have a choice
Clay, Calhoun, Webster In 1816, soon after the end of the War of 1812, the British, who had failed to defeat the Americans in battle, attempted to shut down the newly formed American manufacturing business. They were sending over materials to the U.S. and extremely low prices in an effort to crate a stronghold over the U.S. These actions lead to the Tariff of 1816, which placed a 20-30% tax on all imported goods, in an attempt to protect U.S. industries. Strong debate arose over these issues
In Stephen Vincent Benet's fictional story " The Devil and Daniel Webster," Jabez Stone was an unlucky man sells his soul to the devil for the desperate need to provide for his family. However, in the fictional story "The Devil and Tom Walker," written by Washington Irving, Tom made a deal with the Devil out of greed. Yet, both "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "The Devil and Tom Walker" were influenced by social values, which did not change drastically over the one hundred thirteen year time gap
prosperity. He is so delusional he makes a deal with the devil himself. If granted, the devil can have his soul if he would grant Jabez a prosperous four years of elegance and good fortune . This all takes place in the short story “ The Devil and Daniel Webster”. This story was written by a famous author and writer , Stephen Vincent Benet. Jabez is in need of some extreme help. The four years are not as long as some might think; especially for Jabez stone, because it flew by and now the devil is back
age of analysis and anxiety do not depict man in a heroic guise, nor do they reflect any deep abiding faith in his destiny. This is especially true in the short stories “Gooseberries”, “The Jewels”, “The Rocking Horse Winner”, and “The Devil and Daniel Webster” In each, theme is used to give a dim view of the future of mankind, and common themes help tie together a picture of what the authors of this age saw as a plague on mankind. In “Gooseberries” Chekhov conveys through the actions of his characters
In 1830, there were two highlighted U.S. senators on opposing parties; one was Daniel Webster of the Whig party and the other was Robert Y. Hayne of the Democratic party. In January of 1830, a series of debates between the two senators began over whether states have the right to nullify federal law and views on the Union. Webster stood with a Hamiltonian ideological school as he was for a centralized government and opposed nullification and Hayne stood with a Jeffersonian ideological school as he