Rip Van Winkle Questions on Nine Pins

Rip Van Winkle

In "Rip Van Winkle," the bearded men and the game of ninepins symbolize the lingering presence of the past and the transition from colonial America to post-Revolutionary America. The bearded man,...

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Rip Van Winkle

Rip's encounter with the little man and the game of nine pins occurs in a remote part of the Catskills, where he meets a bearded man in antique Dutch clothing, carrying a keg. Rip follows him to a...

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