An Analysis Of Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" And "The Devil And Tom Walker
Beginning of paper
Washington Irving was one of the first American writers to write
any kind of fantasy story or writing. At first he tried to pass his
stories as real life accounts found in a dead mans dresser. The start of
one states that it is real and has been deemed so by collages and some
museums. After he ....
Middle of paper
.... situation and the
charters and then just jumps into the story. In both of the stories you get
the feeling of something supernatural is going to happen. Also in both they
take place in remote areas.
Next we have the husband wife relationship in both cases. Now Rip
was sort of a say nothing do nothing when it came to his house and wife.
His wife would bad mouth him and yell at him, but Rip wouldn't do much
anyway. He would just go off and sleep. Now Tom and his wife on the other
hand would bat ....
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