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As Thomas Paine said “He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.” People during the American revolution did not want to be under the tyranny from England anymore. At first they started off complacent allowing England to do anything they wanted to them without fighting back, but then they eventually fought back and got freedom In “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving the

The range of psychological approaches also took great part in the story. When the people are in dilemma, they try to solve the problems in different ways as they are different fruits of different trees. The reason is people are treated in different spheres and in different societies, some of them are free citizens of the free country, some of them slaves of the colonies. Some of them choose the difficult way to solve the problem, but some of them choose the tricky way to get rid of it. Or people

Nature: An Escape from Reality Throughout the story of “Rip Van Winkle” written by Washington Irving and the tale of “Young Goodman Brown” authored by Nathaniel Hawthorne, nature acts as a refuge for both of the main characters in the stories. In the story of “Rip Van Winkle,” Rip ventures into the woods to escape his nagging wife at home, using the setting of nature as a refuge from his life at home to escape his miserable home life. Rip’s wife nags so much that he uses the Kaatskill mountains

Washington Irving’s story of “Rip Van Winkle” is an allegory of the American Revolutionary War and the formation of a new nation. Just as Rip Van Winkle struggled to find his freedom and identity, the new nation also struggled to find their own freedom and identity. In this story, the character of Rip Van Winkle represents the colonies, Dame Van Winkle represents England, and the villagers represent the American citizens. Irving contrasts conditions before and after the Revolutionary War, and

Samantha Rockefeller Mrs. Patrick ENG 303-Sec 8 October 2, 2015 “Rip Van Winkle” Have you ever wondered what makes “Rip Van Winkle” a myth, or if the story even is a myth? In Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle" he uses 3 characteristics to present an authentic mythic theme. He creates a world for his story just beyond the realistic. The remarkable event of Rip sleeping for twenty years reminds the reader

This short story written by Washington Irving is set on a man named “Rip Van Winkle” a symbolized early American society struggling man. With creative symbolism this story can be seen as a lazy drunk man or an early American society you can only differ from what you read now. Washington Irving was born on April 3, 1783 just as the British recognized the United States’ independence. “Rip Van Winkle” is one of the most famous stories from the post- revolution period in American literature. Rip and

“Rip Van Winkle was inspired by German legends the general plot of the story was a man who mysteriously sleep for twenty years find himself in a changed world. It has all the fixings of a great story a nagging wife, dogs, gun, ghost, liquor and long graybeards. The story starts before the American Revolution when King George’s ruling the colonies, Irving explains that Rip was a pretty good men he is friendly and people in town tend to like him if someone needs an extra hand Rip was always ready

Rip Van Winkle is an ineffectual male hero who cannot support his farm or family. Instead of facing the consequences of his idleness and facing his wife, who certainly makes the problem worse instead of better, he sleeps for twenty years. Finally, he is of such an age that his idleness is excusable and allowed. This makes him an antithesis to the American dream. He has no ambition, he does not work hard for himself, and he does not rise above where he began. He just likes to chat and have friends

In order to name people who are like Rip Van Winkle we should know more about Rip Van Winkle. Rip is a person who would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound, and he takes the world easy. In the book on page 311 it says “The great error in Rip’s composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor.”, and it is saying Rip had a distaste for all kind of gainful jobs. Rip was ready to join everyone else business, but not to his own. His family duty and the keeping of

Washington Irving is a well-known author famous for his stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” During the time Irving was writing “Rip Van Winkle,” Americans were fascinated with the Romanticism Era. The era was known for literature that emphasized emotions and they lived to read about past events. No one had ever tried to link America’s history to fictional literature. Irving successively wrote a short story based on the German folktale “Peter Klaus the Goatherd.” Although Irving’s