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? Irving seized on the venerable theme of the henpecked husband who turns the tables on his tyrannical wife, a feat Rip achieves by simply outlasting her. ? Irving believe that the revolution upset the natural order and he never accepts the modern democratic America. ? He contradicted between work and desire for he retured,he loss his identity Theme of Rip Van Winkle ? Rip merely desires a leisurely, casual, convivial l