Rip Van Winkle and The Cask of Amontillado are two stories written during the period of romanticism. The period of romanticism is a time, in which Americans created a new writing technique different from the Europeans. Rip Van Winkle and The Cask of Amontillado contain many similarities, yet have many differences. Rip Van ... loved the wilderness and spent most of his time there. The scenes that take place in nature have more in common with the American Literature. American Literature is about man's animal instinct inside and the love for nature. The writing style of American Literature is w...

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