• The actions of the protagonists lead the author to develop the theme of constancy and change. Rip Van Winkle is a personified constancy in Irving’s story.
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  • A young woman states that her father is Rip Van Winkle, who has been missing for 20 years, and an old woman recognizes him as Rip.
  • A notoriously unreliable character who also appears in Irving’s other works, Diedrich is a fictional historian whose papers contain the story of Rip Van Winkle.
  • Rip Van Winkle” first appeared in Washington Irving’s collection of stories, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., published in 1819.
  • ] Rip Van Winkle looks to be in her early twenties due to her artificial vampiric nature. She is tall and lanky, with glowing blue eyes and freckled cheeks.
  • "Rip Van Winkle" at first takes place before the American Revolution. Rip lives a simple life in a small colony in New York, populated by Dutch settlers.
  • Though Rip Van Winkle appears to have juvenile plot, there is actually a very mature theme about relationships that Irving explores.
  • Rip Van Winkle grapples with the profound changes that have occurred during his absence, including the American Revolution.
  • Yet the comical death of Rip’s wife means that Rip Van Winkle is freed (though through no action of his own) from more than one tyrant.