Rip Van Winkle and the American Revolution Rip Van Winkle‚ the protagonist of the story‚ was a simple‚ good-natured man who is defined by many as “lazy”. In fact‚ his name is often used to refer to anyone who is content to sleep their life away or who spends too much time in a sleepy state. People of the town see him more as a productive type of man that is always willing to lend a hand to his neighbors. He is a very generous man when it comes to helping the community‚ but could care less about
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“The Devil and Tom Walker” and “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving are two very similar yet different stories. Both of these stories talk about the American Dream and how one can want it but be disappointed when one gets it. Tom and Rip both have wives that are turning points in the stories. They both nag so much that it drives them to crazy things. The imagery in these stories gives a real feel for the scenery and how it interacts with the stories. Van Winkle and Tom both get what they wanted
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Rip Van Winkle: An Allegory of the American Revolution CAO YU Rip Van Winkle is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819‚ as well as the name of the story’s fictonal protagonist. The story is set in the years before and after the American Revolution War. It mainly tells that the man named Rip Van Winkle who attempted to escape from his wife’s ceaseless tongue drank some wine and then fell asleep for almost 20 years. After that‚ he went back to the town only to find
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Why Van Gogh cut his ear Van Gogh and Gauguin were sharing a small room in Arles‚ France. The evening before the ear cutting incident they were at a Cafe drinking absinthe‚ a known epileptogenic drink that is now illegal. For no apparent reason Van Gogh picked up his absinthe and threw it at Gauguin. The next day he couldn’t remember having done it. Gauguin told him he was going to go elsewhere‚ which upset Van Gogh. Gauguin went out for a walk... "Going to his mirror and taking up his razor
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Andrew Jackson‚ who was in office from 1829-1837‚ was a president of many firsts as he was the first frontier president‚ first to have a “kitchen cabinet”‚ and first to use a pocket veto. Jackson was later succeeded by his vice president‚ Martin Van Buren. Van Buren‚ who was in office from 1837-1841‚ was known for his shrewd political skills. Both these men laid down the foundations for a stronger‚ more centralized national government with methods that garnered mixed responses. Andrew Jackson was a
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The story Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving demonstrates how Rip gains his personal freedom from his wife just as the colonies obtain freedom from the King. Rip wants to be free and independent ‚ so he finds activities to do in his community to stay away from his wife. Irving uses Rip to connect history and how important being independent‚ and free not only for Rip ‚but also for the colonist of that time. After‚ Rip wakes up from his deep sleep he is no longer deprived by his wife just as the colonist
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Nicholas Vedder Character Analysis “The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder‚ a patriarch of the village‚ and landlord of the inn.” From this part of description‚ we can see that Nicholas Vedder is a very old man. What’s more important is that from the latter description we can see that not only he is physically old but he is spiritually old too. “... at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night‚ just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun‚ and
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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Analysis of “The Potato Eaters” by Vincent Van Gogh In 1883‚ after leaving his wife Sien and his children Vincent Van Gogh headed to Nuenen. Coming off a disturbing part of his life‚ which included the break up with his ex-wife with several issues and suffering from gonorrhea‚ he was having a considerably difficult time. In Nuenen‚ Van Gogh started to devote himself to drawing‚ and started to gain attachment and sympathy
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Hugo van der Goes’s Portinari Masterpiece Hugo van der Goes is considered one of the great northern Italian Renaissance artists. His unique style and artistic inventions inspired numerous contemporary artists in Florence. The Portinari Altarpiece‚ Sant’ Egidio‚ Florence‚ Italy‚ ca. 1476‚ is remarked as great altarpiece within art history that clearly depicts the influence of patronage within society. Tommaso Portinari‚ the donor of the Portinari Altarpiece‚ an Italian agent who worked as an assistant
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