Witchcraft In The Valley Analysis

I enjoyed reading this story as I have a weakness for romance novels and I feel this played as one. As the story begins a valley is described that is quiet, has animals, and people. This valley being called the Sleepy Hallows and the boys of this valley being called the sleepy hallow boys. The valley has witchcraft within it as previous events by an Indian chief. The witchcraft in valley influences the people as the text states “the place still continues under the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of the good people, causing them to walk in a continual reverie.” The people in the valley are under some type of enchantment that makes them move slower and are more prone to believe in supernatural. The main supernatural creature is the ghost of the headless horseman. The story goes on introduce a schoolmaster named Ichabod Crane, was …show more content…
Ichabod used witchcraft to impress the woman, or Dutch wives. Ichabod ran across a farmer’s daughter Katrina Van tassel and found an attachment within him towards her. However, Katrina is also wanted by another man named Brom Van Brunt. Brom starts competition with Ichabod to win over Katrina; by pulling pranks what he does best. Towards the end of the story Brom pulls a prank on Ichabod after Katrina rejects Ichabod at a party. As Ichabod is leaving the party a dark horse is coming is on the same path he is on. Ichabod soon notices that the rider has no head just like the famous headless horseman in the valley. After that night all that was found was Ichabod hat and horse prints in the ground. It is a mystery if this was one of Broms pranks or if this was Ichabod supernatural destiny, or could Ichabod strong belief in his imagination. I had he feeling it was a prank considering the competition I saw throughout the story with Ichabod and Brom. This story’s theme reminds me of a lifetime