lly acts like an independent war, just as WriJ.T. Barbarese states, "The relationship between Rip and Dame Van Winkle resonates in the allegorical range in which a bad marriage is a harmonic of the War of Independence, a termagant wife a tyrannical king, and the story itself a funny political fable" (601). In the story, Rip is behaved like the "America" and Dame is characterized like the "Crown" in England. Rip, as a henpecked husband, is willing to help all the people in the village instead of doing his own responsibilities, and he is lived under the discipline of his dominant superior wife. This means that Rip is enthusiastic in helping Americans, whereas he does not discharge himself of his duties to the Crown although he is under his dominance, which could be said, "Rip's idleness could be perceived as the British perception that America was unwilling to focus on their duties as servants of the Crown" (Samantha Smith).
             Seeing that the atmosphere in Rip's family is going from bad to worse, the village, however, is benefit from Rip's help. Moreover, because of the help from Rip, people like Rip very much. "Certain it is that he was a great favourite among all the good wives of the village, [. . .] whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossippings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle," Irving describes (770). This shows that the Crown is losing his power and people in America, whereas America is gaining more people's loyalty and becoming stronger, finally leads to the American Revolution.
             In order to avoid Dame Van Winkle's nag, Rip would go to the village inn and staying with his idle friends. However, the peaceful meeting in front of the inn is always interrupted by Dame Van Winkle. Thi
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