Dame Van Winkle-An Epitome of Non-conformist Behavior

snort Van Winkle is a dominant and practical-minded lady and her disposition and character does not match with the norms of the present-day(a) American ships company. She is an anti-thesis to the Romantic Rip Van Winkle who epitomizes the romantic traits of his age. There is no textual leash that Dame Van Winkle was hash by nature bit it was socio-economic compulsion that made her to call on the carpet Rip time and again. She does not complement still even sometime challenges the contemporary social traditions and norms that rent a complacent attitude and behavior on the part of woman.It is the nature ad characteristics of Rip that hold Dame to be a cultural villain. Her villainy is not collect to any inherent break in her nature or due to habitual formation or propensity in her character. It is due to the circumstances in which she is placed and in which she has to perform suitably. Economic well-being of her family is her ultimate objective. Rip does not pay attention to this aspect and indulge himself helping opposites. Although he is simple good-natured and a benign neighbor unless he is not a good family head.He is not pragmatic and does not look about the well-being of his family. He is a fellow who go through the world easy, eat white cole or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble. He uses to starve on a penny than work for a pound. Dames scolding is not a result of any pernicious nature or individual grudges. The story manifests that there are agentitative other male characters in the story that spend their time in useless activities and enjoy the pardon of indolence but their wives do not scold them. Their attitude is in conformity with the social norms.The author only portrays Dame with the colors of cruelty because she does not conform to the so-called stumper of contemporary women. This model requires women to act submissively and remain obedient and subservient to their married mans. It further requires them n ot to complain or criticise the behavior of their husbands. Same is the case with Dame. Her husband, society and author want her to behave and act accordingly but she does not do so. Although her behavior is not appropriate to the social and cultural norms of the day but was around apt response according to the economic and domestic conditions of her family.In spite of doing something practical regardless of her rebuke and reproach, he used to frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village and used to take refuge in idle activities. This further infuriates Dame and she further performs a non-conformist act by tone ending into the stronghold of the men and scolds Rips companions as well. Although it is courageous act according to the social norms of like a shot but it was considered a height of bad manners by that societies and that company. Thats the reason that contemporary society only blames her for all the misdeeds.I rving provides certain hints about other facets of her characters. He portrays her as a neat and cloudless lady who always keeps her house tidy. There is no quarrel between her and her neighbors or any other woman of the village. All the above-mentioned arguments and supporting evidence manifest that Dame Van Winkle was not of a tyrannical nature but it was Rips failing as a husband and father that make her behave so. Furthermore, she is regarded cantankerous not due to real bad temper but due to non-conformity with the contemporary social norms. Work Cited Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. New York Philomel Books, 1999.