Rip Van Winkle Michael W. Munson Indiana Wesleyan University LIT 242 Monday‚ February 3‚ 2014 I have read and understand the plagiarism policy as outlined in the syllabus and the sections in the IWU Catalog relating to the IWU Honesty/Cheating Policy. By affixing this statement to the title page of my paper‚ I certify that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating and/or plagiarism did take place in the writing of this
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observing‚ I saw a tiny girl reading on her porch. The girl was very skinny and she had short‚ dark brown hair. The book she was reading was reading a novel that what part of a Dutch book series called Joop ter Heul novel series by Cissy van Marxveldt. Cissy van Maxveldt was a very popular author back then. I wanted to get closer to her but not too close. I walked a little closer towards her and I could see a tiny radio standing next to her on the ground. I heard the radio playing classical music
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The only white woman in the play‚ Mrs. Van Buren is the character who embodies the decadence and absurdity of upper class. Mrs. Van Buren is an idle dreamer‚ who feels bored of her situation but does not confront problems or even try to recognize them. Apparently tired of social gatherings such as the annual Gardenia Ball‚ where she has to “smile‚ be polite”‚ she dreams of getting her room and living alone. However‚ she consider it impossible and “would rather not be a divorcee” because “it would
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Essay #2- “Rip Van Winkle” It is no surprise that Washington Irving has received international acclaim. Irving’s’ writing‚ “Rip Van Winkle” is very sophisticated with a broad vocabulary. There are very extensive or vivid details throughout the story. Irving’s story is written so well it could not become outdated. Though the story of “Rip Van Winkle” is fictional‚ Irving does a good job illustrating American history. For example‚ the change in that small town after the revolution went from tranquil
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Jan van Eyck was able to create a naturalism and religious feeling in his oil painting‚ which made him one of the most famous painters in fifteenth-century. The “Arnolfini Portrait” was painted in 1434 by van Eyck in the style of oil on panel. This piece has various interpretations because of the different objects and layout in the painting. In this painting there are two main figures of a man and women. “Images represent a man and woman standing in a richly furnished room‚ equipped with a brass
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Character analosis of Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle‚ the main character in Washington Irving’s fiction"Rip Van Winkle"‚ is a comic figure with an amazing experience. The simple and humorous (sometimes exaggerative) words chosen by Irving show: Rip’s nature as simple and kind-hearted; his attitude toward life as carefree; his marriage as hen-pecking and intolerable; and his resultant character as amiable and comic. Firstly‚ Irving conveys the simple and kind nature of Rip not only in direct descriptive
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Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving is a short fictional story. It was set in the years before and after the Revolutionary War. Rip lived in a pleasant village at the bottom of New York’s Catskill Mountains. One day Rip decided that he needed to escape his wife’s nagging so he went up the mountain with his pet dog. They reach a hollow where there were bearded men playing the nine-pins. Rip doesn’t say anything but instead drinks some of their moonshine and falls into a slumber. When he wakes more
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“Rip Van Winkle‚” is a character that is part of American mythology. The character trait least evident is‚ admirable. In the story‚ we see that his neighbors loved him. Including the men‚ women and children. Unfortunately‚ when he was at home he always wanted to leave. He complained about his nagging wife. It seemed he was all too happy to lend a helping hand to his neighbors‚ but to his own family‚ it was a different story. To me‚ that is not admirable. Not when you have a wife and children. When
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In Rip Van Winkle‚ Irving shows his doubts the American Identity and the American dream. After the Revolutionary war‚ American was trying to develop its own course. They were free to govern their own course of development; however‚ some of them had an air of uncertainties on their own identity in this new country. Irving was born among this generation in the newly created United States of America‚ and also felt uncertainty about the American identity. Irving might be the writer that is the least
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philosophy of the tragic hero can be located in both Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show and Shakespeare’s character‚ Othello‚ in his play Othello. It is the
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