What are Rip van winkle's character traits?

Answer 1

Rip van Winkle is portrayed as lazy, easygoing, and carefree. He is also depicted as a good-natured man who is well-liked by his neighbors despite his shortcomings. Rip is known for his love of nature, storytelling, and his tendency to avoid responsibilities.

Answer 2

Pre-revolutionary upstate New York, during the lengthy nap, he misses the War . (the revolution of the US) also his wife dies. in the Flintstone variant- he is assumed dead from a construction accident at the quarry ( did his Dinosaur crane have a heart attack) and Wilma remarried) but that"s Flintstones, not Mr. Van Winkel. Last name could mean either chevron ( as it does in German) or a mustache. Van of course , is Of.

Answer 3

Characters

Rip Van Winkle: Meek, easygoing, ne'er-do-well resident of the village who wanders off to the mountains and meets strange men playing ninepins. 


Dame Van Winkle: Rip's nagging wife. 


Nicholas Vedder: Owner of a village inn where menfolk congregate.


Derrick Van Brummel: Village schoolmaster. 


Wolf: Rip's dog.


Man Carrying Keg Up the Mountain: Spirit of Englishman Henry Hudson, explorer of the Hudson River.


Ninepin Bowlers: Henry Hudson's crewmen from his ship, the Half-Moon.


Brom Dutcher: Neighbor of Rip who went off to war while Rip was sleeping. 


Old Woman: Woman who identifies Rip when he returns to the village after his sleep.


Peter Vanderdonk: Oldest resident of the village. He confirms Rip's identity and cites evidence indicating Rip's strange tale is true. 


Judith Gardenier: Rip's married daughter. She takes her father in after he returns from his sleep. 


Mr. Gardenier: Judith's husband, a farmer. 
Rip Van Winkle II: Rip's ne'er-do-well son. 


Rip Van Winkle III: Rip's infant grandchild. Its mother is Judith Gardenier.


Van Schaick: Village parson. 


Jonathan Doolittle: Owner of the Union Hotel, the establishment that replaced the village inn.


The Catskill Mountains: See Personification.


Various Men, Women, and Children of the Village

Answer 4

Rip van Winkle is an old Dutch folk tale about a young man who falls asleep beneath a tree and who wakes up many years later to find that he has become an old man, that all of his family and friends are dead, and that no-one in his home village knows or remembers him. It's significance is open to interpretation, but it could be a metaphor for the way in which becoming introspective and over-preoccupied with one's own life and thoughts can lead you to ignore external events that take place outside yourself, and that if you aren't careful you will only notice that things have changed to your disadvantage until it is too late. It could also have a spiritual symbolism in the fact that our own mortal lives, whilst seeming highly central and of prime importance to us, are in fact very small brief sand-grains in comparison to Eternity and the after-world.

Answer 5

Rip Van Winkle is the title character of a short story in 1819. He fell asleep in the Catskill Mountains and did not wake up for decades.

Answer 6

Rip van Winkle is portrayed as an old man with a very long beard. This appearance indicates that he had slept for 20 years, aging but not experiencing the passage of time.

Answer 7

One of Rip Van Winkle's character traits was that he was easy going. He was also quiet, he doesn't like hard work, he is also bossed around by his wife.

Answer 8

He didn't have as long a beard, he was with his dog and had a gun beside him.

Answer 9

he was a simple good-natured man, kind neighbor and an obedient hen-pecked husband