Dame Van Winkle is described as a captious, man-eating woman who always scolds her husband in this story. But for me, Mrs. Winkle is a brave laborious woman As a villain, she makes Rip Van Winkles image of a “simple, good-natured man” more clear, and she is the carrier of the prejudice of women in that society. So in my opinion this story does carry sexual prejudice. Dame van winkle is a typical hellcat according to the description in the story. She always taxes with her husband volubly a
