Themes of Freedom Versus Tyranny in Rip Van Winkle

One of the most important population is the elderly. They contribute to the economy of any nation. The past few decades the elderly have faced many challenges in terms of medical or how they are viewed by the society. Some view them as the less privileged. In the 20th century the aged have been given privileges such as medical cover that will help them in their daily lives. In the past decade they faced a lot of challenges in terms of medical. The perspective of the elderly had significantly changed the medical practice in the 19th century (Gizicki-Neundlinger, Gringrich, Güldner, Krausmann, & Tello,2017). Life expectancy had been expected to increase considerably in the late nineteenth century, but as the number of older people increased, the social and cultural meanings of aging had also changed. Many cohorts of the elderly were likely to have different age experiences because of their lives. The main aim of this paper is to provide an overview of how the elderly were viewed and also link it to the book rip van winkle themes of freedom vs tyranny. The paper also discusses the historical changes from decades to decades. During the first three decades of the century, the concept of age was broadly defined and the elderly (not the physicians) were the main source of the description of the old qualities. In the third and fourth decades of the century, the idea of aging began to receive more and more negative connotations, but the chronological age itself did not indicate the onset of old age.

However, at the end of the 1930s and 1940s, the age was a special medical and social problem for professionals, and the older people became aware of, and created different groups. This article shows an American conception of aging in and out of the medical profession and shows ways in which age can continue to change and affect the way doctors treat their elderly patients in the future. In the first decades of the 20th century, articles were common to inform popular journalists about aging. During this period, the most popular article on this topic was written by older people and aging was discussed about defining older people in the future. In the 1940s, however, the most popular age records were altered in academic intervention reports in old age.

Freedom theme in Rip Van Winkle

One theme with ‘Rip Van Winkle’ is freedom. Freedom is the ability to do, say and think what you want, without anyone telling you how to do these things. Freedom can be seen in different ways in history. First, Rip is released by his wife when he wakes up and discovers that he is dead. Before going to the mountains and taking a nap, Rip’s wife is always worried about her work (Shawki, and Harris, 2017). Rip also eliminates the work that his wife wanted to do. Now that he is older and his wife did not stay, Rip no longer has the responsibility he had. Another way to show the theme of freedom in this story is the freedom enjoyed by the American people after the War of Independence in England. Before Rip-Nap, Americans are settlers under English rule. When Rip wakes up, he realizes that people went to war with England and won the right to become their own country with their own government.

“Rip Van Winkle ‘examines the different types of tyrannical power: the tyranny of marriage, the tyranny of daily duties, and the most literal tyranny of King George III of England on his American affairs, our freedom and the question of tyranny, which is a’ tyrant ‘and really what it seems to the United States and its citizens. Irving evokes the problem of freedom from tyranny throughout history. Rip Van Winkle seeks nothing more than the freedom to be his gentle and simple person and live the idle life he wants to live. Their freedom and good nature make them desirable for the villagers who like to help and spend time. Rip’s determination to be free and do what he wants never changes.

References

3. Shawki, A. and Harris, N., 2017. Rip Van Winkle in China. In Selected Essays (pp. 392-395). BRILL.