Old Man With The Devil In Bearskin'

“Bearskin” is a story about a man who is a soldier that made a deal with the devil. The deal was he got an unlimited amount of gold, but he can’t pray or clean up after himself for seven years. The devil also said that the soldier would now be called Bearskin. After time Bearskin started to get dirty which made him look like a monster. People would try to make him leave because he scared customers away from their business but since he had so much money he could change their minds. Bearskin helped an old man with debt because he had an unlimited amount of money and because he was generous. The old man promised him that one of his daughters would marry him to show how thankful he was. Since Bearskin looked like a monster and was dirty only one out of the three daughters of the old man would marry him. After Bearskin waited the whole seven years he was rewarded with being able to clean up after himself and also be rich. When he came …show more content…
“Whosoever saw him, ran away, but as he everywhere gave the poor money to pray that he might not die during the seven years, and as he paid well for everything he still always found shelter.”(Grimm,Grimm) This quote says that while Bearskin roamed around he gave money to the poor and told them to pray for him. Which shows that Bearskin was generous to strangers that he didn’t even know. Later on when Bearskin was at an inn, he saw an old man who had a problem. “His property had dwindled away by degrees, he and his daughters would have to starve, and he was so poor that he could not pay the innkeeper, and was to be put in prison. "If that is your only trouble," said Bearskin, "I have plenty of money." He caused the innkeeper to be brought thither, paid him and even put a purse full of gold into the poor old man's pocket.”(Grimm,Grimm) This quote from the fairy tale shows that Bearskin was being generous to this old man because he felt bad for