Answer:
Washington Irving uses irony in the story to describe the relationship between Rip and his wife.
Explanation:
"Rip Van Winkle" by “Washington Irving” is written in the Romantic Movement in America. Washington used humor in his story using exaggeration to describe the relationship between Rip Van Winkle and his wife.
Rip Van Winkle is described a pleasant, good-natured man but is a henpecked husband. He is very lazy and is constantly nagged by his wife. She keeps giving him responsibilities to do household chores and he follows all.
She constantly lectures her husband and Irving has used the word "eloquence” for those lectures. Eloquence is generally used to describe speech and, poetry. In reality, the writer is trying to tell that all this kind of nagging is not valuable.
I think it's like talking or thinking completely off topic, but I am not sure
I’m pretty sure they leave because the lake men send a note that Smaug is returning so they leave to aid Lake Town and they need fresh air and fear both Smaug's absence and return!
