Rip Van Winkle and Fuller and Wilderness

I think that Fuller would disagree with Rip Van Winkle’s idea about wilderness. Van Winkle uses wilderness as a way to escape his wife because he didn’t like her nagging. Fuller would say that he didn’t understand his wife. She would probably say something about him not even consider what she’s saying or how she’s feeling. He’s only thinking about himself when he escapes into the wilderness. By doing that, he’s only reinforcing Fuller’s idea that women are the same as slaves. He just expects her to do all the duties of a wife without thinking about her as a person. Van Winkle is only thinking about himself and not about his wife. When he discovers that he’s slept for a hundred years, he is actually relieved that his wife would be dead. That is no way to treat your wife. Fuller would probably be disgusted with Van Winkle’s actions and thoughts.