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Rip van Winkle Washington Irving 13——1BS 汪亚男 content Introuduction to Washington Irving Summary of Rap van Winkle Analysis of characters Washington Irving (1783——1859） He is best known for his short stories Rip Van Winkle (1819) and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith and Muhammad. short story writer essayist biographer historian main works A History of New York Tales of a traveller Astoria The life of Oliver Goldsmith the life of George Washington Rip van Winkle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Summary of Rip van Winkle It tells an idle，lazy but good- natured man in a old Dutch village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains.Rip van Winkle ,to escape from the hard labor as well as the sharp tongue of his termagent wife,went with his gun and his dog to the mountains,where he met a group of ghosts.He watched them played games and drank some of their odd liquor. and then fall asleep for twenty years. When he woke up and came back home ,he found that great changes had taken place in his country,and even himself was changed,too.He was puzzled by these surprising changes. Analysis of characters Rip van Winkle Rips wife idle lazy good—natured kind helpful bad temper termagent hard —working brave strong The great error in Rips composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. He would sit on a wet rock,with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartars lance,and fish all day without a murmur,even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. idle lazy He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil,and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn,or building stone—fences. helpful good—natured