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At last, Rip is respected by others as an old man, and he is glad that he doesn’t need to do things and become a “free” man. In Rip Van Winkle, there is a pursuit ideal in it. From Irving’s fiction, we can see that he keeps a conservative attitude toward life; he escapes from the chaotic world, to seek serenity in the soul, to look for peace in eternal spirits of nature. 州长亲自主持了对海丝特的审讯，她所属教区的牧师丁梅斯代尔——一个被公众视为最高道德典范的诱骗海丝特的奸夫，也假惺惺地劝说她招出奸夫的姓名。 但海丝特宁愿一人受辱，誓死也不招供。在远离社会，远离人群，受尽 屈辱的处境中，海丝特孤苦顽强地生活着，全仗刺绣为生。她生活中的惟一支柱是抚养掌上明珠般的女儿珠儿。 海丝特这种忍辱负重、代人受过和不屈不挠的精神，使丁梅斯代尔大为感动，也大受刺激，不久他便心力交瘁地病倒了。而获释归来，一直在暗 中侦