The Theme Behind the Name
By: Nazia Chowdhury
Names of characters often stick to our minds and we make a permanent connection between the story and the name. Therefore, characters are assumption distinctive name calling which reflect their personality and have around sort of correlations with the story. Both Irving and Poe use specifically chosen name calling in their stories in monastic order to illustrate a portentous theme; however, Irving uses the names in his story to show the guilt in greed, while Poe uses the names in his story to censure Puritanism.
Irving uses sarcasm in his stories and this can be seen in the names he gives to his characters. In Irvings Devil and Tom Walker, Deacon Peabody was laden and was seen as an eminent man. (p.353) The title attached to his name is given up to Protestant layperson who assists the minister, (www.dictionary.com) yet it is also used with zany reference to hypocritical posing. (www.dictionary.com) He seems to be respected by the colonist and owns much of the land, but still, he was avaricious and it seems he was the type to do anything for money, for instance, making shrewd bargains with the Indians (p.353) in order to get money. Another name Irving uses to display the dissoluteness of existence acquisitive is Absalom Crowninshield.
He was another man of great wealth in the New England and he accumulated these possessions through buccaneering. (p.353) The peak and shield in his last name symbolizes the British monarchy, which had this ecstasy of control and making money from the New World. His name does not only demonstrate his greediness, but also reveals his demise. In the give-and-take it is stated that Absalom took over the throne from his father and was later bump off by his fathers army commander. (www.dictionary.com) In the story, the...
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