Rip Van Winkle

At its most basic level Rip Van Winkle is a humorous story of a man who sets off into the mountains to find so much needed peace and quiet, then sleeps for twenty years. Washington Irving uses a combination of satire, imagery, and irony, intertwined with symbolism, to paint an allegorical image of the American Revolution. Irving particularly focuses the tale of Rip on America's political struggle during the latter half of the eighteenth century while highlighting the role of…...

Therefore, on a larger scale reminding the reader of two poems that serve as a repertoire to the 'World's Wife', as the somewhat condescending title is a clever over turning of 'the world and his wife' implying that women are the property of men. Yet with this exaltation of men, we see that these two poems are not only reminders of the feminist characteristic of 'The World's Wife' but these two women have been given voices by Duffy. Consequently, archetypes…...

The author John Smith, a pilgrim who arrived to the Americas, wrote a description of the new land in his book “ A Description of New England ”. In this book Smith shows a wonderful world of vast food and pleasure. Also, William Bradford another pilgrim who arrived to Plymouth on the coast of Massachusetts, wrote a book called “ Of Plymouth Plantation ” in which he describes what really happened, how the pilgrims actually lived. The purpose of this…...

A. Paraphrase (2 points each=6 points) 1-2.Death rates for males are substantially higher than for females for every age group of children and youth, but the largest difference occurs among teens, ages 15 to 19 (Goutas, et al., 2011, p. 11). 3-4. "In the more than a century and a half of their existence, Washington Irving's two most famous stories, 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' have taken on a life of their own. They have been…...

An Analysis of Developing American Literature “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving and “The Slaughter of the Pigeons” by James Fennimore Cooper demonstrate several distinct American characteristics. Irving focuses on New York’s Hudson River while discussing the settings of “Rip Van Winkle. New York is probably the most identifiable state in the U. S. and is recognized by its Statue of Liberty welcoming foreigners into its prideful country. While Irving discusses nature’s beauty in similar ways in the U. S.…...

The Irony of the Kurt Vonnegut’s Works that Can be Seen in the Welcome in the Monkey House and Who I am this Time. Kurt Vonnegut is one the best writers in the world. He is one of the post modernism’s writers. He is best known as the author of Slaughter-Five. Kurt Vonnegut wrote of satirical novels whose central theme is life’s cosmic joke on humanity. Vonnegut also a science fiction author and he is known as a dystopian writer’s.…...

Professor Ann Woodlief describes American Romanticism by saying, it “developed its own character, especially as these writers tried self-consciously to be new and original. ” In this statement, Woodlief argues that the American romantic authors strove to distinguish some differences between American and British Romanticism. The two forms of writing were already very similar, so the authors of this time period forced themselves to find a creative way of making American Romanticism unique. Like the British, the American romantics were…...

Freedom brings happiness. This is a major message shown in the story Rip Van Winkle. Rip Van Winkle is about a man who slept through the American Revolution for twenty years. During those twenty years he slept, his village and the whole country underwent a major change that affected the future of America. Written during the early 1800s when American literature was heavily influenced by the Europeans, Washington Irving portrays America's search for an identity through one of the first…...

What is a good wife? A good wife is a woman who takes care of her family. The story, “Rip Van Winkle”, by Washington Irving, often shows what a good wife is. In the story, Rip Van Winkle is the main character and Dame Van Winkle is his wife. Dame Van Winkle is a very good wife. Dame Van Winkle is a good wife, even though she disciplines her husband by verbally and physically abusing him. Irving states, “A nagging…...

Rip Van Winkle is an extremely intriguing character due to the fact that he is really effort in the village for other individuals however doesn't appreciate his work that requires to be done initially. Due to his laziness in character, he doesn't look after his household neither caring nor loving his own children. However he is a very lucky guy even though he is reckless and stubborn. By falling under a twenty year sleep he manages to get away war…...