Dame Van Winkle

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Dame Van Winkle is the nagging, overbearing wife of the title character in Washington Irving’s short story "Rip Van Winkle."


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Rip Van Winkle
basedInTimePeriod pre-Revolutionary colonial America
characterRole wife of Rip Van Winkle
characterTrait domineering
nagging
overbearing
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: "United States"
createdBy Washington Irving
diesBeforeEvent Rip Van Winkle’s return after twenty years
familyRelation mother of Rip Van Winkle’s children
fictionalUniverse the world of Washington Irving’s Sketch Book
firstPublishedIn The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod American Romanticism
medium prose fiction
mentionedIn numerous literary analyses of Rip Van Winkle
narrativeFunction catalyst for Rip Van Winkle’s retreat into the mountains
source of domestic conflict
nationality American (fictional colonial American settler)
portrayedAs shrewish wife stereotype
publicationYear 1819
residence Hudson Valley
village at the foot of the Kaatskill Mountains
spouse Rip Van Winkle
symbolizes burdens of household responsibility on men (as depicted by Irving)
domestic tyranny
workGenre short story

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicholas Vedder appearsAlongside Dame Van Winkle
Judith Gardenier childOf Dame Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle containsCharacter Dame Van Winkle
Judith Gardenier hasMother Dame Van Winkle

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