Is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow a good ghost story? If we want to know whether The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a good ghost story‚ we have to learn what makes a good ghost story at first. A good ghost story always make you nervous and scared. To make readers nervous and scared‚ we need to create a thrilling atmosphere. A dark area with lots of weird sounds (could be wind blowing or the wow of animals) and a few scary details would be perfect to do this. The details‚ although very small‚ are the
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Hollow residents were present at the Van Tassel’s‚ sharing their wild and wonderful legends. One tale told was about old Brouwer‚ and how he met up with the Headless Horseman returning from his trip into Sleepy Hollow. He was galloped over bush and brake‚ over hill and swamp‚ until they reached the bridge‚ where the Horseman turned suddenly into a skeleton‚ throwing old Brouwer into the brook. This tale was followed by one of Brom Bone’s. He said that on returning one night from a nearby
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Themes of Greed‚ Evil‚ and Hypocrisy in Irving’s Works \Short story writers try their best to inform the reader of a point that the writer is trying to make. In this case‚ some of Washington Irving’s works such as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “The Devil and Tom Walker‚” Irving tries to convey a few points that are issues in the United States (and in the world) at the time in which these stories were written. Washington Irving wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “The Devil and Tom Walker”
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I pick the picture “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill” because it represents the era the story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” took place in. The plot of Sleepy Hollow revolves around the legend of the Headless Horseman most of the time mainly for suspense and action during Ichabod’s encounter and Brom’s exciting tales. The old tale is about a Hessian who has his head carried away by a cannonball during a war (which is most likely the american revolutionary war‚ since this is
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In the short story of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow you will find two very different men‚ Ichabod Crane and Abraham Van Brunt‚ competing against each other for but one woman’s hand in marriage‚ Katrina Van Tassel. Katrina Van Tassel was a ravishing young lady of only eighteen and the only child of a very wealthy farmer named Baltus Van Tassel. Her father paid little attention to her other than to be proud of her good doings when they were praised by others. Because of her beauty‚ along with the wealth
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The American nation was first united under extreme oppression from British authority. Colonists realized the intensity and absurdity of what they were suffering‚ and decided to stand together to fight the Revolutionary War in the late 18th century to become free from their oppressors. However‚ after the war was won‚ the brand-new citizens were not sure how to run the nation now that they were not under another authority. Every aspect of American life was affected by this; the people questioned everything
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THE ELEMENT OF WITCHCRAFT IN MOVIES Witchcraft has always been a fascinating subject in the literature and movies. Writers and filmmakers alike capitalize on humanity’s seemingly natural curiosity about the unknown and the supernatural. More than its element of the supernatural‚ however‚ witchcraft signifies power – the ability to do things that no ordinary mortal can do‚ the power to do what is not human – and this element is what attracts people the most. However‚ witchcraft is a multidimensional
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device is repetition repetition is something that keeps repeating over and over again like the horseman came riding and riding it says that threw out the entire poem. When ever you use repetition in a poem it makes the poem sound better and add thing like the horsemam came riding in the wind when you say that over and over it shows that there are people coming. If you stop that people might think that the horseman stop riding but if you say that over and over you will know that he is still coming. Now
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superstitiously believes everything he is told: "Cotton Mather’s ’History of New England Witchcraft‚’ in which‚ by the way‚ he most firmly and potently believed." (Moses and Irving‚ 1995) Due to his constant fears‚ his gullible belief in the Headless Horseman causes him to flee Tarry Town in which emanates his cowardice - causing the audience to view him as the coward he is within the text. However within the film‚ Ichabod is presented as an investigator similar to Sherlock Holmes in which many modern
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