Rip Van Winkle Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Rip Van Winkle Group at eNotes. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:15:42 en-us <![CDATA[Strangely enough, Rip represents a very modern American stereotype.  He...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-american-stereotype-do-you-see-rip-van-109211 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-american-stereotype-do-you-see-rip-van-109211 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:15:42 PST <![CDATA[What American stereotype do you see in "Rip Van Winkle's" characters?]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-american-stereotype-do-you-see-rip-van-109211 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-american-stereotype-do-you-see-rip-van-109211 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:15:45 PST <![CDATA[The narrator of "Rip Van Winkle" was Diedrich Knickerbocker. It's...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/who-was-narrator-rip-van-wrinkle-91303 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/who-was-narrator-rip-van-wrinkle-91303 Sat, 5 Sep 2009 19:29:01 PST <![CDATA[The centre theme for romantic literature is a admiration of the natural...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-details-rip-van-winkle-do-you-think-reveal-323 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-details-rip-van-winkle-do-you-think-reveal-323 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:22:36 PST <![CDATA[He is known to be a kind and helpful man in front of his neighbors and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-ways-rip-van-winkle-classic-story-295 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-ways-rip-van-winkle-classic-story-295 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:06:24 PST <![CDATA[Washington Irving had a genius for inventing comic fictional...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/who-was-narrator-rip-van-wrinkle-91303 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/who-was-narrator-rip-van-wrinkle-91303 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 07:47:50 PST <![CDATA[The plot of Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" is framed before and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/who-was-narrator-rip-van-wrinkle-91303 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/who-was-narrator-rip-van-wrinkle-91303 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 07:32:42 PST <![CDATA[Who was the narrator of "Rip van Wrinkle" by Washington Irving?]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/who-was-narrator-rip-van-wrinkle-91303 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/who-was-narrator-rip-van-wrinkle-91303 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 07:18:50 PST <![CDATA[Politically, the inn obviously represents life before the American...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/how-does-inn-reflect-political-social-changes-that-45283 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/how-does-inn-reflect-political-social-changes-that-45283 Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:33:54 PST <![CDATA[Grammardog Guide to Rip Van Winkle]]> http://www.enotes.com/documents/grammardog-guide-rip-van-winkle-37863 http://www.enotes.com/documents/grammardog-guide-rip-van-winkle-37863 PST <![CDATA[what are the differences between rip van winkle and the fall of the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-differences-between-rip-van-winkle-fall-house-85583 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-differences-between-rip-van-winkle-fall-house-85583 Sun, 24 May 2009 11:57:09 PST <![CDATA[how does irving use his two narrators crayon and knickerbocker to defend...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/how-does-irving-use-his-two-narrators-crayon-82073 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/how-does-irving-use-his-two-narrators-crayon-82073 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:41:07 PST <![CDATA[Rip van Winkle has come to be symbolic of a person who is oblivious to...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/why-did-irving-choose-have-his-character-rip-van-81357 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/why-did-irving-choose-have-his-character-rip-van-81357 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:20:17 PST <![CDATA[Why did Irving choose to have his character in Rip Van Winkle asleep for...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/why-did-irving-choose-have-his-character-rip-van-81357 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/why-did-irving-choose-have-his-character-rip-van-81357 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:41:01 PST <![CDATA[In "Rip van Winkle," Washington Irving employs personification as he...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-figure-speech-rip-van-winkle-give-me-examples-81045 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-figure-speech-rip-van-winkle-give-me-examples-81045 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:20:19 PST <![CDATA[What are some figures of speech in "Rip Van Winkle"? Please give me...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-figure-speech-rip-van-winkle-give-me-examples-81045 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-figure-speech-rip-van-winkle-give-me-examples-81045 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:49:10 PST <![CDATA[Rip Van Winkle is a well liked but lazy man in the beginning of the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/how-rip-van-winkle-changed-by-events-story-75177 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/how-rip-van-winkle-changed-by-events-story-75177 Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:47:22 PST <![CDATA[How is Rip Van Winkle changed by the events of the story?]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/how-rip-van-winkle-changed-by-events-story-75177 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/how-rip-van-winkle-changed-by-events-story-75177 Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:57:17 PST <![CDATA[I want the material on the theme of laziness in Rip Van Winkle for my...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/want-material-theme-laziness-rip-van-winkle-for-72851 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/want-material-theme-laziness-rip-van-winkle-for-72851 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:55:14 PST <![CDATA[Several things make no sense to Rip Van Winkle.  He is a lover of...]]> http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-two-things-make-no-sense-rip-van-winkle-71247 http://www.enotes.com/rip-van/q-and-a/what-two-things-make-no-sense-rip-van-winkle-71247 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:55:52 PST