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Term Paper Title	The Devil And Daniel Webster
# of Words	705
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.82

The Devil and Daniel Webster

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
senator of New Hampshire. He had started out as a farmer
though, but moved up in life and, when he was about thirty
years of age, married the fair woman, Mary Stone- who was
in her early twenties. The fiddler, though not incredibly
important, was a key character in that he provided
foreshadowing. When he said, "But the very devil's got into
that fiddle of mine.", he was forshadowing the coming of the
devil to disturb the merriments. A very key character in this
play is the devil himself, which took the name of Scratch (for
that was what he was called in New England communities).
He had come to steal the soul of Jabez Stone, claiming that
he had a right to Jabez because of a legal contract. Last- but
nost certainly not least in this story- is the great Governor of
New Hampshire, loved by all, Daniel Webster. Daniel
Webster was not only the governor, but an excelent orator.
He had a way of using words to pursued the opinion of
others, sometimes by conveying feelings or emotion. The
play starts out in the ornate home of Jabez and Mary Stone,
right after their wedding has taken place. The Fiddler, who
sat upon a Cider Barrel, played a tune on the Fiddle, and all
of the guests danced to it. Basically, it was a wedding
reception. At first, there was nothing more than small talk
going on, but by using even this smalltalk, Benét very
accurately described the lifestyles of the New England
residents. As the play progressed, political favor of the day
was expressed as Daniel Webster arived, associating himself
with Jabez Stone. One man cried out, "Vote the Whig
ticket!" and another, "Hurray for Daniel Webster!" Of
course, political disfavor was also shown, as Scratch (the
devil) portreyed himself as a l...

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