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    (T) In the story “Rip Van Winkle‚” by Washington Irving‚ the author’s portrayal of Dame Van Winkle is unfair because she has the right to be raged at Rip‚ he never works at his house‚ and he helps the town but not his wife.(D1) Dame Van Winkle is always raged at Rip but one may think she has the right to be raged.(S1) Dame does a lot of work at her house and when she is the only doing work she can get raged.(S2) She does the outdoor and the indoor work and when she does one may think she has the

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    Tom Walker went on a journey and ended up coming across The Devil. He is told amount a great sum of money buried and given the option of having it if he sells his soul. He now felt convinced that all he had heard and seen was no illusion. Tom had been thinking a lot about his choice. Did he really need the money? Would his wife be thankful for it? Deep down he knew that making a deal with the The Devil was wrong but over all of that‚ he wanted the money to live the life they never had. Maybe with

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    patriot and admirer of both the Revolution and his country‚ but he had serious questions about their democratic excesses. He was interested in the Revolution throughout his life and had collected many books on the subject. On its primary level‚ "Rip Van Winkle" is a public celebration of the American Revolution. The story opens with the prefigurative imagery of family breakups‚ specifically the Kaatskill (Catskill) Mountains that "are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family" (p. 769). In

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    Washington Irving was a well-respected author of his time. He had written many works‚ and most were under his pen name: Diedrich Knickerbocker. Two of Irving’s‚ or Knickerbocker’s most famous works were that of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Both of these works have similarities as well as differences between them both. The stories were written during the same time period‚ yet are supposed to have taken place before and after a war. In America‚ there were lots of pressing issues

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    The Devil has been the subject of many stories‚ always represented as an evil being‚ a cursed creature that preys on the souls of humans. He is described in many different ways‚ just like the many forms he takes in many stories. Two famous stories that deal with this fearsome creature are "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving‚ and "The Man in the Black Suit" by Stephen King. Both suggest that the Devil always pursue the human weaknesses‚ however‚ Irving implies that the Devil only hunts

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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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    of Gothic literature are Edgar Allen Poe and Washington Irving. Poe and Irving share the theme of a Man’s soul/Individual self in their works‚ but their style of their writing differs; a comparison of Poe’s “The Tell- Tale Heart” and Irving’s “Rip van Winkle” provide good examples of these similarities and differences. As a Gothic author‚ Edgar Allen Poe wrote many works and it was commonly seen as very dark literature;

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    beautiful and astonishing nature is. Out of all the possible literary works that have a theme about nature there’s three in particular that are going to be described in this essay. These three works are "A Description of New England‚" by John Smith‚ "Rip Van Winkle‚" by Washington Irving‚ and "Thanatopsis‚" by William Cullen Bryant. Each has a very good way of conveying nature and how stunning it is to them. In "A Description of New England‚" John Smith talks about how amazing the nature is in the new world

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    The Devil Both Tom walker and daniel webster had devil type figures in there stories Guarded the treasure of the pirate named kid and the other one was a devil named scratched Jabez stone was just the same as tom walker they both sold there soul to the devil also known as scratch they both hated there life so they decided to change it for the better King philip and governor dale were sorta the same they were both chiefs governor dale was chief at a naval station and king philip was wampanoag chief

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    Rubber stamp art supplies to quote Devil Van Insurance Company Quote devil insurance Company is considered one of the leading insurers in the market. There are numerous factors that determine if an insurer will be ranked high or not. Here are a few factors that made quote Devil van Insurance Company be ranked top: • A professional look. Customers love service providers with a professional look. This is in terms of a rubber stamp and a well looking office‚ among others. • Digitizing all the services

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