Question

In at least one hundred words, describe how the forest setting in “Rip Van Winkle” contributes to the theme of enchantment.

Answer 1

The setting of the story “Rip Van Winkle”  is set in a small, very old village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. The Forest setting contributes to the theme of enchantment in such a way that it provides the readers a clearer view or a clearer picture of Rip who had slept for 20 years after going to the mountains to hunt with the other explorers.

Answer 2

The setting of the story “Rip Van Winkle” is set in a small, very old village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. The Forest setting contributes to the theme of enchantment in such a way that it provides the readers a clearer view or a clearer picture of Rip who had slept for 20 years after going to the mountains to hunt with the other explorers.Rip Van Winkle shows some examples of Romanticism. It shows imagination when Rip Van Winkle meets the ghost of himself in the forest. He asks the guy to drink his liquor and make him fall asleep for twenty years. The author describes the guy as "a short, square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair hair and a grizzled beard." He also starts to get to know the guy more. He even gets the guy to talk about the mountains.