This quote at the beginning of the story foreshadows the inevitability of change. - “Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers” (Irving 516)., This quote shows that Rip has a hard time fulfilling his obligation as a farmer and a parent. - “Rip was ready to attend to anybody’s business but his own; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible” (Irving 517)., This quote shows that in order to escape reality, Rip idled in the woods. - “Poor Rip was at last reduced almost to despair; and his only alternative, to escape from the labor of the farm and the clamor of his wife, was to take gun in hand and stroll away into the woods” (Irving 519)., This quote focuses on the family Rip had no longer existed after he woke up from his dream twenty years later. - “He entered the house, which, to tell the truth, Dame Van Winkle had always kept in neat order. It was empty, forlorn, and apparently abandoned. This desolateness overcame all his connubial fears—he called loudly for his wife and children—the lonely chambers rang for a moment with his voice, and then all again was silence” (Irving 522)., This encounter shows that the world he used to know is no longer the same; Federal and Democrat refer to two political parties in the Washington administration, the new federal government in 1789-97.   - “Another short but busy little fellow pulled him by the arm, and, rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, ‘whether he was Federal or Democrat?’ Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question” (Irving 523)., Realizing everything is no longer the same, Rip felt abandoned to face the new world by himself. - “Rip’s heart died away at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world” (Irving 524)., This quote shows that for an ordinary civilian like Rip, the independence of the whole nation might just be a concept that's too far-fetched.   - “he was now a free citizen of the United States. Rip, in fact, was no politician; the changes of states and empires made but little impression on him” (Irving 526).,

Rip Van Winkle Quotes

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