Early in the short story, Tom Walker and his wife are both described as miserable. Even though they didn't have a lot, they both hid what they could from each other.
Although Tom was described as "meager, miserly" and "a cheat" by Washington Irving, his evil personality didn't compare to his wife's. She was described as a woman that involved herself in a lot of quarrels. According to Irving, Tom's wife was "a tall termagant,...
Early in the short story, Tom Walker and his wife are both described as miserable. Even though they didn't have a lot, they both hid what they could from each other.
Although Tom was described as "meager, miserly" and "a cheat" by Washington Irving, his evil personality didn't compare to his wife's. She was described as a woman that involved herself in a lot of quarrels. According to Irving, Tom's wife was "a tall termagant, fierce of temper, loud of tongue, and strong of arm." The author even indicates to readers that marks on Tom's face proved that Tom's wife didn't just use words in her arguments, but also her hands.
Their values were focused on material things and far from love and kindness. However, they didn't take care of what they mutually had, such as their home (that was described as run-down) and their horse (that was described as miserable and starved). They placed more value on hiding material objects than sharing them with each other.
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