The characters in Rip Van Winkle and Young Goodman Brown written respectively by Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne leave their individual communities and return with radically different perspectives (of their current lives) that change their attitudes and way of life in the remaining of their lives. Both stories are set in early American villages‚ Young Goodman Brown takes place in the 1700’s New England puritan settlement while Rip Van Winkle takes place over 100 years later in an English
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Rip Van Winkle shows the four types of romantic character in his story by doing many things. Rip Van Winkle goes out to the mountains to get away from his bantering wife. This is where takes his journey from the city to the world of nature. While in the woods a man started calling out Rip’s name. This man took him to a place where many people were drinking and bowling. As he approached‚ “whenever they rolled‚ echoed along the mountains like rumbling peals of thunder.” Rip van Winkle values
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Rip Van Winkle I believe Washington Irving’s purpose for writing ‘Rip Van Winkle’ was to teach a lesson and to comment on the American Revolution at the same time. I think that the lesson Irving is trying to teach is that if you live an idle life‚ life will pass you by. Rip was not concerned with working to support his family or to achieve any sort of goals. He was only interested in doing things that he enjoyed and that did not help to support his family. He slept for twenty years‚ and when he
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I am looking at the possible meaning of “Rip Van Winkle” and why Washington Irving may have written it. What was the purpose of this story? Rip Van Winkle I believe that Washington Irving’s purpose for writing “Rip Van Winkle” was to show a progression of aging and how easy it can be for the elderly to become disconnected with an advancing world. Rip Van Winkle starts off by leading a rather laid back life. He does basically what he wants to do‚ as long as he is away from his
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Climax The climax comes as he realizes that he‚ too‚ is now a free man who is capable of thinking on his own and Rip is asleep for 20 years and then awakes. When Rip Van Winkle wakes up and discovers that his dog is gone and his gun has been “replaced” with a rusty old gun. He believes the strange men have tricked him‚ but when he goes back to his village‚ he finds that everything has changed. Falling Action The falling action comes as he goes back to his own time and has a chance to reflect
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River‚ in North America. The mountains are very beautiful‚ but they are also very strange. The colors of the mountains are always changing. When the weather is good‚ they are deep blue. But often‚ the tops of the mountains are covered with gray clouds. Hundreds of years ago‚ Native Americans lived there. These people said‚ "The mountains are haunted—spirits live on them. The spirits can change the weather. They can send sunshine and they can send clouds." There are many strange stories about the Catskill
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Rip Van Winkle Analysis The exposition of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving ‚ introduces a man named Rip Van Winkle and the area around the Catskill mountains before the the Revolutionary War. The rising action begins when Rip goes to the forest‚ with his dog‚ to get away from his nagging wife. When he returns to the village‚ he hears someone calling his name. Rip sees an odd-looking man and follows him to an amphitheater where there are many more strange men drinking and playing ninepins
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Rip Van Winkle After reading Wshington Irving’s "Rip Van Winkle" I believe his point was merely to show how the American Revoultion changed one small village and gender issues‚ and shows the comical relationship between a lazy and careless husband and an over-domineering wife. It was written to be a political symbolism and historical alusion of colonial life under British rule to the democracy of the young United States‚ before and after the American Revoulutionary War. During the time the
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"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving is a fiction story of a character whose destiny was affected by marvelous circumstances. In comparison to Benjamin’s Franklin Autobiography and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self reliance‚ there are some things that are similar‚ but overall Rip Van Winkle is completely different; in other words‚ its main character is unique. I found several evidences proving that. First‚ the book itself is written in an inimitable style. In the very beginning of this work with the
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Rip Van Winkle and Romanticism Rip Van Winkle is the main character of the story‚ described as a "simple and good natured man . . . . a kind neighbor‚ and an obedient‚ henpecked husband. (pg 39)" Rip was a favorite amongst the townsfolk because he helped everyone with their activities‚ but had‚ "an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. (39)" He refused to work on his own house and property because everything would fall apart no matter what he did. He felt like all his wife did
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