Rip Van Wrinkle: Before The American Revolution

The Rip Van Wrinkle story took place right before the American Revolution and ended after the American Revolution due to Rip Van Wrinkle twenty years nap. Rip Van Winkle was the un-devoted husband of Dame Van Wrinkle. The family of two children, a daughter Judith Gardenier and a son Rip Van Wrinkle Jr. Dame Van Wrinkle was a devoted wife that keeps her house clean, taking care of her children but at times Dame Van Wrinkle would appreciate some help from her husband. Rip Van Wrinkle was very well known by his neighbors because he would always run errands for the wives of the village because their husbands would refuse but was constantly being nag by his wife for not doing chores around his house or attend to his wife needs. Rip Van Wrinkle would escape his wife constant nagging by going up in the mountain with his dog. While in the mountain, Rip Van Wrinkle would shoot squirrels and wild pigeons, drunk beer. From Rip Van Wrinkle prospective, that was the ultimate American dream. The wives in the village where Rip Van Wrinkle was staying used to think that Dame Van Wrinkle was lucky to have a husband like Rip because he was always so devoted to help the other wives with their …show more content…
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