The american romantics rejected the emphasis on logic, which had characterized the age of reason, and instead celebrated human emotions and the inner workings of the human mind. washington irving was one of the masters of american romantic fiction. his short stories are characterized by romantic traits such as supernatural events and characters, as well as the strengths and weaknesses that make up human nature. his short story, "the devil and tom walker," deals with many of these themes. answer the following questions based on irving’s short story, and provide examples from the text to support each answer. part a in the story “the devil and tom walker,” what does washington irving’s humorous and ironic word choice in describing tom’s reaction to his wife’s disappearance and possible death tell you about tom’s relationship with her?

Hi, my name is maya gupta.i'm here at a bank robbery that happened a few minutes ago.a man named tryce ramder is suspected to be the robber.i am here with daniel cottle to describe what happened."it was terrifying. we all just heard the door break and turned around. some man just had a gun and told us to freeze and drop our phones. luckily we had cameras. continuing on, the man walked up to a worker, and said "give me the money or i'll shoot you." i did not believe what i heard. after a few minutes, we heard sirens, and the robber looked fearful, yet so angry. so he took out a bomb and threw it near us. i was in the military, so i know what to do, so i told everyone to move away atleast and duck down and cover their ears. i almost got affected, but some woman was able to grab me and put me down, and cover my ears. she got affected, she passed out, and was taken to the hospital. i am gonna visit her now to her and give her gifts for what she did." you daniel cottle, let's all hope this woman will be alright. i am maya gupta and we are signing off. (sorry if it's too long, maybe this will you get an idea? )