An Analysis Of Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" And "The Devil And Tom Walker

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husband wife relationship in both cases. Now Rip
was sort of a say nothing do nothing when it came to his house and wife.
His wife would bad mouth him and yell at him, but Rip wouldn't do much
anyway. He would just go off and sleep. Now Tom and his wife on the other
hand would battle to the death. Tom would yell and scream and so would his
wife. Tom would hide money and so would his wife. In both of the stories
they wife husband relationship would be a turning point in both cases.


And last the way they both got what they wanted. In Rips case he
wanted to get rid of his wife and his jobs. He goes to the forest to escape
from his wives verbal abuse. He gets his wish by getting a new life
basically. In Tom case he wants money and doesn't want his wife. He meets
the devil and the devil wants to make him a deal. Tom wants to make the
deal, but he doesn't want to do it for his wife. In the end Tom is taken
by the devil for his deal.

As one would see there are many differences ...

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