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I am currently reading "Rip van Winkle" In my American Literature class, and we have to answer some questions.
I am struggling with numbers 1-10.
If anyone could help me that would be great!

1.      Who are the “Strange men” that Rip encounters in the hollow?

 

2.      Is it helpful to know that the story is based in a German fairy tale? Why or why not?

3.      Is Rip’s long sleep a reward (perhaps for helping the man playing ninepins) or a punishment (for being la generally lazy guy?)

4.      What is the portrayal of women in the story, including that of Rip’s wife Dame Van Winkle? Can you think of a more contemporary story where a “nagging” wife is so central to a story’s plot?

5.      Are there other characteristics in literature that compare to Rip van Winkle?

6.      Is Rip van Winkle consistent in his actions? Is he a fully-developed character?

7.      Discuss some of the symbols in Rip van Winkle.

8.      How essential is the setting to the story?  Could the story have taken place anywhere else? What if the story had been set before and after the Civil War, or the War of 1812?

9.      How realistic is Irving’s depiction of the Catskills? Why did he choose to set the story there?

10.  How does time figure into the story? Why was rip’s slumber 20 years longs, and not 10 years or 30 years.

Answer 1

1. one of the men is the commander the other is the stranger 
2. I think it is so that way there is a slight origin to where the story came from. 
3. I think Rip's long sleep is a punishment cause the world has changed and twenty or so years have passed.
4. Rip has a "meekness of spirit" this is blamed from the nagging of his wife. 
5. One other character I can think of that sorta compares to Rip van Winkle is Ichabod Crane 
6. I think Rip is consistent with his actions
7. The Inn, The flagon drink, and  The union hotel
8. 
9. It's probably not to realistic sense the author has never really been to it 
10. So that way he would wake up at the perfect time of the civil war.

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

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