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.
They convey a positive message about a nation or its people

How does Irving incorporate each of these characteristics above into "Rip Van Winkle"? What is the impact of these characteristics on the story or on the reader’s experience of the story? Please be very specific and use text evidence.