Choose an excerpt from the story to support your answer.

………When describing the events in the woods, many times Hawthorne uses ambiguous language in diction like seems, must, appears, perhaps, and maybe. Why does Hawthorne want to leave all this so ambiguous? …….Why not tell us clearly whether something is happening or not happening? Choose an incident from the text and explain why you think he left it ambiguous. ………..From today’s perspective, is Rip Van Winkle politically correct? Choose an excerpt from the story to support your answer. ……How crazy is Emerson’s Nature? Are you ready to give it all up and live in the woods? Why or why not? This is a silly question, but be honest in your answer.