ENG 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Edinburgh Review, Tyrant, Great Tribulation
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Parenthetical intrusion: (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time worn and beaten. Use of the word sermons to show how his wife lectures him for hours on end. Temper compared to a metal (pliant/malleable) His home life is like a fiery furnace . Women are viewed very poorly: plenty of loaded sexist language. Overall negative text: almost can be seen as tyrannical. Rip is seen in a positive light: the sweet persona, innocence maintained throughout the text, don"t discuss his deficits. Rip has one error he works but not for profit: is not industrious. His wife is not read very sympathetically: is it misogyny or one interpretation of women, note about the author: after his fianc dies, every woman he proposes to says no. Sydney smith (edinburgh review) says americans lack intellectual and cultural growth: idea that being an author isn"t useful.
