Question

How would you characterize Rip Van Winkle's wife? (Hint: you may include— a shrew, hot-tempered, bossy, disturbed, etc.) Give one reason for each quality

Answer 1

She was a hot-tempered wife as she always felt angry at her husband.

Explanation:

• Rip Van Winkle's wife was a shrew kind of person. She never gave peace to her husband and her tongue was increasingly going day, night and morning like every time she kept arguing with her husband over small things.
• She was a hot-tempered wife as she always felt angry at her husband.
• She was a little bossy as she wanted Rip to do house chores and give her a helping hand.
• She was disturbed by her own behaviour as she always said bad things and he never said said anything bad to her.