A brief biography of Washington Irving and a plot summary of his Rip Van Winkle folklore tale about a man who sleeps through the American Revolution. The essays also discusses literary techniques used and common narrative elements.

Essay provides a discussion on Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle."

Examines the texts, "Rip Van Winkle," "Editha" and "My Kinsman, Major Molineux." Describes how characters in these stories are all victims of cultural expectations.

Explores the stereotype of the bitter, hen-pecking housewife who causing nothing but destruction to her husband. References Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle and the character Dame Van Winkle. Describes how she is stereotyped as the bothersome wife.

"Rip Van Winkle", a short story of Irving Washington in that he tells a story of a man who fell asleep and awaken twenty years later and find his world totally change.

Essay is a letter asking for Rip Van Winkle to return home and is from the nagging wife's point of view.

Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" and how it demonstrates the change in American ideal due to the transition experienced through the American Revolution. Gives an insight of the internal personalities of the American Colonists and the extreme change in society that the Revolution created.

Essay depicts Rip Van Winkle if he would awake in today's world.