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which examines how the works of Irving, Poe, and Hawthorne offer a perfect world that
somehow dismisses women through silence, death, or some other way. The works
discussed are Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” and “Sleepy Hollow,” Poe’s “Ligeia” and
“To--Ulalume,” and Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” and “Young Goodman Brown.” No
additional sources cited.
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was predominantly male. As such the gender of women was not necessarily taken into consideration in their work. And, when the women were present, as they perhaps had to be
to make the stories believable, they were often easily dismissed or even killed outright. The following paper briefly illustrates how women were dismissed in one way or another in a
perfect world according to three different authors, Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The stories discussed are Irvings "Rip Van Winkle" and "Sleepy Hollow," Poes "Ligeia" and "To--Ulalume,"
and Hawthornes "The Birthmark" and "Young Goodman Brown." Irving In "Rip Van Winkle" we see a relatively simple man whom the women seem to love. Yet, his wife
seems to despise him as he is incredibly lazy and does not care for their home, their property, or their children. In Rips eyes, as well as Irvings, it seems
that women are essentially nags and are not necessary for a mans happiness. This is evident in the following lines from the story: "Rip had but one way of replying
to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing.
This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside of the house--the only side
which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband" (Irving 983). In Irvings other story under examination we have the character of Ichabod whom, again, all the women just loved.
But, in this case the men of the story did not care for Ichabod at all, or so it seemed. This is because he was seen to be about as
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