He also has a way with words and a fondness for sarcasm. Screwtape appears to understand very well the nature of human minds and human weaknesses, although nothing about human love. The Toast is Screwtape's after-dinner speech at the Tempters' Training College and satirises American and British or English public education. The Screwtape Letters represent his side of the correspondence with his nephew Wormwood, as mentor to the young demon who is charged with the guidance of one man. Screwtape holds the rank of Senior Tempter and serves as the Undersecretary of his department in what Lewis envisages as a sort of infernal Civil Service. Screwtape is also the title of the stage adaptation of the Letters by James Forsyth (originally Dear Wormwood, 1961). Screwtape appears as a fictional demon in the book The Screwtape Letters (1942) and in its sequel short story Screwtape Proposes a Toast (1959), both written by the Christian author C. For the musical projects, see Drew McDowall. These letters were written for the express purpose of instructing the young demon on the finer points of how to corrupt the human soul, whose name is simply referred to as the 'patient. This article is about the fictional character. The Screwtape Letters is a purported collection of 31 letters written by a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew and protg, a younger demon named, Wormwood.
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