Rip Van Winkle was a story of an old man who took a trip to the woods with his companion wolf to escape from his nagging wife. Once he entered the woods he was poisoned by alcohol, which made him fall asleep for twenty years. Rip Van Winkle took place during the revolutionary war. His nagging wife was a representation of the bitter controling rule of Great Britain during the queens era. the people of the village were also symbolic. They represented the colonies trying to break away from Englands power. His twenty year slumber symbolized the long years of war. Once he had woken, he came to realization that there was a new ruler. His name was General Washington.
The story Rip Van Winkle was composed of the supernatural, gloom, and mystery, which puts this tale into the catergory of Gothic Litereature. The supernatural beings of the story were the goblings he encountered in the woods that were playing nine pin(bowling). The gloom came from when Rip would always go home to his wife. He would have to prepare for the challenges he had to face with his wife when she would constantly nag about how he did not meet up to his husbandly duties at home. The mystery of the tale was from when he woke from his twenty year nap wondering what happened and why there were so many changes. Also, another form of symbolism was at the end of the story when he came to realize that his wife was dead and he felt happiness. it was in relation to the colinies finally gaining freedom from Great Britain.
Rainey Taylor
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