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?Rip Van Winkle ——Washington Irving Plot Rip Van Winkle is an ambitionless and lazy farmer. He tired of his wife’s nonstop nagging at home. He seeks refuge in the mountains where he meets several mountain spirits and tastes the liquor left by them out of curiosity. Because of the magic power of the drink, he falls into a twentyyear sleep. When he wakes up, everything has undergone a tremendous change. Theme of Rip Van Winkle