They are set in the past, often in remote or exciting places and times. • They are filled with remarkable, strange, or exaggerated characters.

• They feature incredible, heroic, impressive, magical, or mysterious events and their consequences.

How does Irving incorporate at least three of the above characteristics into "Rip Van Winkle"? What is the impact of these characteristics on the story or on the reader’s experience of the story?\
has to be at least 3 paragraphs