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swagg334
swagg334
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High School - 10th Grade

What details suggest at once that he comes from a region of hellfire?

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Posted by swagg334 on Tuesday October 27, 2009 at 5:35 PM and tagged with region of hellfire.

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  1. mshurn
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    When Tom first meets him, the devil is described as "a great black man" who is "neither Negro or Indian," thus making his appearance immediately unusal. The devil's face is described with these details:

    . . . his face was neither black nor copper-color, but swarthy and dingy, and begrimed with soot, as if he had been accustomed to toil among fires and forges.

    Another detail follows immediately that suggests the figure Tom sees is a supernatural being: he has "a pair of great red eyes."

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    Posted by mshurn on Wednesday October 28, 2009 at 10:00 PM