The short-story "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving can be looked at from .
"Rip Van Winkle" is the protagonist of this short story. In the short story .
"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving, it seems as though "Rip Van Winkle" has slept .
through the American Revolution. Its as though Washington Irving has established an .
identity before and after the American Revolution. .
In Washington Irving short story "Rip Van Winkle" was seen as "a kind neighbor, and .
obedient henpecking husband"(page#450). It seemed to all, but his own wife. In this short .
story the antagonist is none only then "Rip Van Winkle's" wife "Dame Van Winkle". The .
town seems to think its "Dame Van Winkle" to blame for the family squables for he was a .
favorite with all the town woman and children. "in a word Rip was ready attending to .
anybody's business but his own; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, .
he found it impossible"(page#451).I feel that by "Rip" rebelling his family Irving is .
symbolizing the loss respect for America and giving loyalty to his own people.
"But his wife kept continually dinning on his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, .
and the ruin he was bring to his family. Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was .
incessantly going, and every thing he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household .
eloquence"(page#451). Because of his wife's nagging "Rip Van Winkle" would escape his .
duties and go to town to sit in front of the tavern with friends. To me Irving seems to be .
symbolizing England not giving America their freedom. Just as would Rip Van Winkle .
would do everything possible to escape his complaining wife.
When "Rip Van Winkle" awoke from his twenty year sleep he found that everything .
was different, the towns people were excited with anticipation of their new self government.
Nothing had seemed the way it was. Before Rip fell asleep the all the towns people were .
Irving wrote "Rip Van Winkle" while he was in Europe along with "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". ... The folklore of Rip Van Winkle has stood the test of time. ... I believe Rip Van Winkle did not attend church. ... Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" has held its place in history. ... "Rip Van Winkle" has become a children's story. ...
In "Rip Van Winkle,"" Washington Irving creates his masterful story by using imagery, irony, moralism, mysticism, and symbolism. ... it is Rip Van Winkle "it is himself!'... Irving has created the plot of "Rip Van Winkle- by using irony. ... Irving depicts the religious and moral lessons of "Rip Van Winkle."" ... Washington Irving used Rip Van Winkle to symbolically foreshadow the mass awakening of America. ...
Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" has become an American classic. ... Using this theme, Irving sets the stage to compare the old Van Winkle's struggles to those faced by Americans both pre and post Revolutionary War. ... Irving starts off his short story describing Van Winkles lifestyle. ... Dame Van Winkle (his wife) would always get angry with him over his duties, enough so for Van Winkle to run away. ... Rip Van Winkle might as well be one of the most famous a pieces of art ever to come out of our early country. ...
Literary analyses of "Rip Van Winkle" Rip Van Winkle is a man from a small village located at the foot Kaatskill Mountains. ... His son, Rip Van Winkle, was just like his father. ... Rip Van Winkle is a man of many traits. ... In the short story "Rip Van Winkle", Washington Irving uses simple, henpecked, lazy and friendly to describe the main character Rip Van Winkle. ... The last trait to describe Rip Van Winkle is friendly. ...
One particular criterion character effectively supports the central idea in "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving. ... "Rip Van Winkle", Washington Irving uses one main character to play both the role of the protagonist and the antagonist. ... In "Rip Van Winkle", only one such archetype exists. ... This truth becomes evident in "Rip Van Winkle" by Rip himself. ... In "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving, the author excellently expressed the central idea of the short story. ...
Parents often read Washington Irving's, "Rip Van Winkle," to their children at bedtime. ... Irving opens the story by saying that the story of "Rip Van Winkle" was, " found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker-(pg. 428). Then Irving begins to describe a little village at the foothill of the Catskill Mountains where a man by the name of Rip Van Winkle lives. ... This is the same of Rip Van Winkle and Dame Van Winkle. ... It appears that others should learn from Rip Van Winkles mistakes. ...
Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving was one of the first American writers to win fame outside of his own country. ... Irving wrote with great humor and imagination, which in part is why Rip Van Winkle is still read today. ... Rip Van Winkle is a leisurely tale as was Washington Irving. ... Rip Van Winkle also has a moral. ... The walk up to the mountains was a break from life for Rip yet to Dame Van Winkle Rip was always on a break. ...
In Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" is a fictional story that also has political interpretation. ... The first example of how there can be political interpretation in Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" is in the characters in the story. First there is Dame and Rip Van Winkle. ... Dame Van Winkle is always unhappy with Rip. ... The second example of how there can be political interpretation in Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" is in Rip's dream in the story. ...
Washington Irving's story, Rip Van Winkle, proves "Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed, every hour of the day, produces some change"(449). ... The story of Rip Van Winkle conflicts with this truth by allowing Winkle to achieve his dream life without having to change to suit his new time period. ... "Rip was ready to attend to any body's business but his own"(450), and this inescapable flaw lead to his unhappiness. ... The reader now assumes when Irving states, "Rip's heart died away, at hearing of theses sad changes in his home and friends, and finding him...
