瑞普-凡-温克尔和他太太-人物形象分析.pptVIP

* MAIN CHARACTERS Rip Van Winkle Dame Van Winkle a simple good-natured man a kind neighbor an obedient hen-pecked husband a romantic guy errors He hated all kinds of profitable labor He was not a qualified husband His filed was in the worst condition in the neighborhood He was not a good father His children ragged and wild as if they belonged nobody What happened to him? Rip Van Winkle helped a stranger distribute wine on a mountain slope. drank He fell asleep. woke He went back to the village, it was 20 years later. changed The portrait of King George of Britain was replaced by American President George Washington. ?Irving uses ?Pip Van Winkle to symbolize America. Rip Van Winkle means a person who is inexplicably (perhaps even blissfully) unaware of current events brave She could blame her husband. And she was not afraid of speaking out her compliant in the patriarchal society. hardworking Her husband never took his responsibility, She had to go out working like a man, do the entire house work and bring up the children. *