Rip Van Winkles story was one of great importance and great meaning. It talks about many of things such as‚ lending a hand when and where needed‚ respect‚ and hard work. It teaches a lot more than just this. All of those things are important‚ but another thing that is taught is the importance of equality. When I finished reading Rip Van Winkle‚ I thought about how different everything could have been for Rip if things had played out differently. What I mean by this is that the story of Rip Van Winkle
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writers who would be most influential on him and his writings. The group consisted of Joseph Addison‚ Oliver Goldsmith‚ and Sir Walter Scott. One of his earliest works was published under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon in 1819‚ The Sketch Book. Included in this work of art were two American tales which he is probably best known for‚ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Through his writings‚ Irving composes two different types of stories. His realistic stories‚ for example‚ The Alhambra‚ are
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Washington Irving published the first American short story called “A Posthumous Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker” published in The Sketch Book and Irving used the pen name Geoffrey Crayon but the piece is often referred to as “Rip Van Winkle.” This essay reviews Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” by first summarizing the plot and then second detailing the relationship between the story’s structure
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proved thanks to feminist movements‚ her literary qualities were overlooked at that time. On the opposite‚ Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” wrote in 1819‚ has become a best-seller book that has quickly matched a large audience on the entire eastern coast‚ but also in Great Britain and Deutschland. The main character that Irving has invented for the story‚ Rip Van Winkle‚ has become very famous since‚ and it has inspired numerous artistic works such as movies‚ theatre plays‚ operas and TV shows
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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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241-0001 April 1‚ 2014 Comparing and Contrasting the Two Stories of Rip Van Winkle. The story of Rip Van Winkle was written in 1819 by Washington Irving. It was the first American short story. Robert Coover wrote Rip Awake 153 years later. It is his version of the continuing story of the man named Rip Van Winkle. Although both these stories have obvious similarities there are also many differences. These differences include the setting of the story‚ the character of Rip himself‚ and the mood of
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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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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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up a single time is a whole different reality. In Washington Irving’s mythological story “Rip Van Winkle”‚ the title of the story / character falls into a deep and long sleep lasting for twenty years. After that twenty years and when Rip wakes up‚ the fashion‚ the government‚ and the architecture of the village have all changed. Washington Irving’s creates a humorous and magical experience in Rip Van Winkle that takes the reader through a world of exaggerated characters‚ mysterious events and breathtaking
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Moorman American Literature 304A October 24‚ 2011 “Rip Van Winkle” America’s peaceful myth Myths have engaged the human race for centuries. By definition‚ mythology consists of bizarre characters‚ remote locations‚ and fantastic events. “Rip Van Winkle”‚ the story of a man who ran to the peaceful refuge of the forest‚ fell asleep‚ and woke up 20 years later‚ is part of America’s own mythology. The reader is drawn into a peaceful setting surrounding Rip’s rather fantastical story. The author
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