The movie Sleepy Hollow is a movie where a Proppian analysis can be applied, but because the story line is unique it doesn't follow all of the steps included in this analysis. The preparatory part starts with the initial situation, which was that Crane was facing imprisonment for using new age forensic methods while investigating, so instead of sentencing him to prison the judge decided to send him to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of beheadings. The next step this story follows is the interdiction, which occurred when he was forced to investigate in Sleepy Hollow or he would have faced imprisonment. Then the delivery occurred, when Crane entered Sleepy Hollow because he became vulnerable, where others in the small town were able to
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In this case the Jungian analysis fit perfectly, but I had some struggles with the Proppian analysis. The Jungian analysis was easy due to the large amount of characters impacting Crane's life which lead him to be the hero he was. When it came to the Proppian analysis the main reason why I struggled with it was because it was hard to apply this unique tale to all the steps in the analysis. Within the Preparatory part the step of absentation is missing because crane didn’t have a family of his own. Then the step of violation doesn’t occur because he follows the orders he was given. Then the final step the didn’t occur in the preparatory part was the reconnaissance because the true villain wasn’t recognized until the end of the story. The steps missing in move one of the central part were because crane wasn’t able to fulfill them due to his close mindedness to the idea of the villain being supernatural. When we continue the analysis of the central part we go into move two. In move two, I noticed that most of the steps missing were the steps that proceeded after the liquidation. This is because the hero in this tale had to find out who the real villain was instead of dealing with most of these steps.
When working with these two theories you are able to break down and understand the film Sleepy Hollow better. When using the Jungian analysis, we are able to understand the way the
In this case the Jungian analysis fit perfectly, but I had some struggles with the Proppian analysis. The Jungian analysis was easy due to the large amount of characters impacting Crane's life which lead him to be the hero he was. When it came to the Proppian analysis the main reason why I struggled with it was because it was hard to apply this unique tale to all the steps in the analysis. Within the Preparatory part the step of absentation is missing because crane didn’t have a family of his own. Then the step of violation doesn’t occur because he follows the orders he was given. Then the final step the didn’t occur in the preparatory part was the reconnaissance because the true villain wasn’t recognized until the end of the story. The steps missing in move one of the central part were because crane wasn’t able to fulfill them due to his close mindedness to the idea of the villain being supernatural. When we continue the analysis of the central part we go into move two. In move two, I noticed that most of the steps missing were the steps that proceeded after the liquidation. This is because the hero in this tale had to find out who the real villain was instead of dealing with most of these steps.
When working with these two theories you are able to break down and understand the film Sleepy Hollow better. When using the Jungian analysis, we are able to understand the way the