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“Rip Van Winkle” is a classic American Mythological story that tells the tale of a man who sleeps for twenty years after drinking a mysterious drink. Rip Van Winkle is a very lazy, American man who one day, ventures off into the woods with his dog named Wolf. While in the woods, he finds a group of men playing Skittles and drinking liquor in the middle of an amphitheater. He joins them, and drinks some of their alcohol, but he soon passes out. When he awakens, twenty years have passed, and he missed

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 story is an allegory for the revolutionary war, the author uses imagery when talking about nature and the story has a theme of tyranny vs freedom. To begin, “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving is an allegory. The characters in the story represent something. Rip’s life is a metaphor for what happened before and

American Dream under the aim of becoming happy and immediately wealthy no matter how it would be happened. If Irving in “Rip Van Winkle” created the character Rip who saw the happiness in life without his nagging wife, in “The Devil and Tom Walker” he created the character Tom who saw the happiness in wealth which reduced to ash upon the Devil’s taking his soul. Both characters, Rip and Tom, somehow achieved the goals but at the end both of them were unhappy, because they chose the wrong ways to get

could be seen in the short stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “Wakefield”. As if written by the same author, both skillfully presented short stories gives the audience a similar mood. This was achieved through the use of literature devices or the structure of the story. Nevertheless, differences between these two stories could be seen as well. One of the many similarities which could be seen within these two short stories was the plot itself. In both “Wakefield” and “Rip Van Winkle”, both protagonist involved

Washington Irving was one of his country's first professional writers, and one of the first American writers to gain an international reputation. A major part of Washington Irving's legacy was his ability to draw on European folk tales he heard throughout his trips to Europe to create a fabricated history of his home state in some of his most famous literary pieces such as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Author’s Background and Historical Context Washington Irving, named in honor of George Washington

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

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 that time is very valuable, which is a theme in

One of the first myths of America is “Rip Van Winkle”. “Rip Van Winkle” gives us a very magical and beautiful setting to imagine and exaggerated characters and events to make the readers laugh and enjoy reading the story. The characters make the story more familiar and human and the events make the story memorable and fun to read. Although “Rip Van Winkle” is an older story, readers today still read and enjoy it. “Rip Van Winkle” is set in a very magical and remote place, the Kaatskill Mountains

While he was in England Irving formed his most commended gathering, "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent," In 1820. This was a get-together of his most mainstream works, including the two most comprehended: " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and " Rip Van Winkle". He moreover formed "Bracebridge Hall" in 1822. When he returned to New York in