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1、Plot Rip Van Winkle is an ambitionless and lazy farmer.He tired of his wifes non-stop nagging at home.He seeks refuge in the mountains where he meets several mountain spirits and tastes the liquor left by them out of curiosity.Because of the magic power of the drink,he falls into a twenty-year sleep

2、.When he wakes up,everything has undergone a tremendous change.第1页/共11页Theme of Rip Van WinkleIrving seized on the venerable theme of the henpecked husband who turns the tables on his tyrannical wife,a feat Rip achieves by simply outlasting her.Irving believe that the revolution upset the natural or

3、der and he never accepts the modern democratic America.He contradicted between work and desire for leisure.After he retured,he loss his identity第2页/共11页Theme of Rip Van WinkleRip merely desires a leisurely,casual,convivial life,but his wife calls him home from the congenial atmosphere of the inn and

4、 lectures him in bed at night.Irving never,however,permits Dame Van Winkles point of view to obtrude;she does not speak in the story,and Irving elicits no sympathy for her.She is the enemy partly because she embodies a whole culture that is at odds with Rips values:that of the tidy,thrifty,ambitious

5、 Dutch.While loving freedom,Rip placidly endured the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle and King George and has escaped playing any role in the forging of American liberty.He has avoided the tribulations of family life by losing all title as husband and becoming dependent on his daughter,while he has slough

6、ed off his responsibilities as patriot by choosing“overnight”status as a senior citizen.第3页/共11页The Significance of American Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War was of great historical importance and influence.A new republic and democratic country emerged and marked a new beginning of Am

7、erican history.The victory of the American people also encouraged those in the colonies ruled by the Spanish and promoted the national liberation struggle of other colonies in the world.第4页/共11页Chinese stories贾奉雉桃花源记南柯记烂柯人的故事刘阮天台的故事第5页/共11页第6页/共11页第7页/共11页第8页/共11页第9页/共11页Thank you for listening！第10页/共11页感谢您的观看。第11页/共11页