The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Critique
I begin my critique with the title of the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was written by an American author named Washington Irving. Washington Irving is famous for this short story along with another one of his stories, Rip Van Winkle. Irving’s short stories were published into one book entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. with his pen name being Geoffrey Crayon. The setting of the story starts with the description of the village of Sleepy Hollow outside of 1970 Tarrytown, New York. The village of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown is known for the tales of famous ghosts and the haunting atmosphere. This helps to foreshadow what supernatural things will happen later in the story. …show more content…
Crane is a local schoolmaster who is a stranger to the town. Crane is a lean man with a lanky appearance. His rival is named Brom Bones who is the town hero. Bones and Crane had intentions to marry the beautiful 18 year old Katrina Van Tassel, who was the daughter of the wealthy Baltus Van Tassel. Since they each wanted Katrina Bones would break into the schoolhouse and ransack the room. Not only would Bones break into the schoolhouse, but he would also play other pranks on the schoolmaster. Another important character to the plot that should be mentioned is the Headless Horseman. The Headless Horseman is believed to be a soldier from the Revolutionary War who had his head tore away by a cannonball. No one knows why he still roams Sleepy Hollow, but most think he is searching for his lost
I begin my critique with the title of the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was written by an American author named Washington Irving. Washington Irving is famous for this short story along with another one of his stories, Rip Van Winkle. Irving’s short stories were published into one book entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. with his pen name being Geoffrey Crayon. The setting of the story starts with the description of the village of Sleepy Hollow outside of 1970 Tarrytown, New York. The village of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown is known for the tales of famous ghosts and the haunting atmosphere. This helps to foreshadow what supernatural things will happen later in the story. …show more content…
Crane is a local schoolmaster who is a stranger to the town. Crane is a lean man with a lanky appearance. His rival is named Brom Bones who is the town hero. Bones and Crane had intentions to marry the beautiful 18 year old Katrina Van Tassel, who was the daughter of the wealthy Baltus Van Tassel. Since they each wanted Katrina Bones would break into the schoolhouse and ransack the room. Not only would Bones break into the schoolhouse, but he would also play other pranks on the schoolmaster. Another important character to the plot that should be mentioned is the Headless Horseman. The Headless Horseman is believed to be a soldier from the Revolutionary War who had his head tore away by a cannonball. No one knows why he still roams Sleepy Hollow, but most think he is searching for his lost