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    Hour “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Theme Analysis Essay Ichabod’s incredible imagination can be seen and found throughout the text of Sleepy Hollow. Throughout this story‚ the author conveys his argument and messages in the form of many literary elements that supports his argument with the development of the text. The author uses elements such as irony‚ symbolism‚ and imagery to express his views. A theme that Washington Irving conveys through his work in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is how

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    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 what the author Washington Irving has used for the setting for his story). This may

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    Discuss how the author makes Rip Van Winkle an interesting character? In “the story of Rip Van Winkle” written by Washington Irving is about a men named Rip Van Winkle‚ who is depicted as an interesting man. Rip Van Winkle was known as escaping from the reality and also a happy-go-lucky man. Rip Van Winkle‚ who lives under his wife’s controlling is a henpecked husband. He is always criticized by his wife for being lazy and for not doing housework‚ and for not caring about his family at home‚ in

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    the setting for the short story of Sleepy Hollow. However this town has been plagued with the presence of the Headless Horseman. In the story the school teacher‚ Ichabod Crane‚ tries to swoon the heart of the fair Katrina Van Tassel. When he is rivaled by the devious Brom Bones. In the movie however; Ichabod is a constable from New York sent to solve the murders of three people. All of which were killed in the same way; decapitation. In the story‚ Sleepy Hollow seems like a quaint little town. With

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    In his story of the Rip Van Winkle‚ Irving used his unique style of diction‚ which also developed a contrast between before and after the climax of the story. The major change of scene in the story takes place after Rip takes his nap in the mountains and there is a noteworthy change of Irving’s diction from this point onwards. In his description of the surrounding nature and the weather‚ a distinct contrast exists between the duration of twenty years. The Kaatskill Mountain is the first feature

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    F: Specific Introduction C: Use of Transitions A: 2 comparisons 2 Contrasts Sleepy Hollow and the Headless Horseman There are many forms of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. In some cases there are movies made‚ and in others there is an actual story has been created‚ most of which that have different authors or creators. I have found two movies‚ and one story that are about the scary headless horseman‚ all of which I find very interesting

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    “The dominant spirit‚ however‚ that haunts this enchanted region‚ and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air‚ is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head.” Although the movie Sleepy Hollow is based upon the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‚ there are also distinctions which allow each to tell their own tale. Washington Irving’s short story inspired Tim Burton’s film but did not limit it. The foundations of the two are much the same but their story lines unfold diversely

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    In the novel Sleepy Hollow‚ by Peter Lerangis‚ several elements of the Romantic period of literature are evident. Themes carry throughout the novel that suggest a strong Romantic influence upon the text. The story is rich in colorful figurative language and contains a spell-binding plot that leaves the reader feeling very satisfied. In the midst of such an enchanting story are the Romantic themes‚ such as a deep appreciation of nature in conjunction with the condemnation of city life‚ exaltation

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    Sketch Book of Godfred Crayon‚ Gent. This Collection became famous rapidly. They were also successful in England and Europe. Most of his stories have many similarities and differences. Rip VanWinkle and " The Devil and Tom Walker" are two good examples. To start off with there all around feeling and theme. Rip VanWinkle is set in a fantasy world right of the bat by the way Irving sort of zooms in on the scene‚ first he tells of the mountains and then the town and down till he’s in the room with

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    The Sniper The sniper is a story about a civil war taken place in Dublin. It tells of a republican sniper sitting on a rooftop of a building near to O’Connell bridge. The war is between Republicans and the free states. the sniper is one of the fellow of republican‚ when a free state sniper shows himself on an opposite roof. they were waiting each other to see who would end up the better. Eventually the republican sniper gains the upper hand and after taking a bullet in the arm

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