Ichabod

Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe were both writers who embodied the writing style of the Romantic era. In comparison, each of the writing styles of Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe are very similar, in regard to their extensive use of descriptive passages. But they are vastly different due to the settings they use to develop their stories. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, written by Washington Irving and “The Fall of the House of Usher”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, are both tales in…

The way the story is told using humor is through irony. The way irony fits into the story relies around Ichabod Crane’s goal: to marry Katrina. Ichabod wanted to marry Katrina only for her wealth, only to not only lose the competition but also to be “captured” by the Headless Horseman. Before all of his short stories, Irving wrote an article known as “A History of New York”, written…

Are Washington Irving’s writings misogynistic or just in line with the times? Washington Irving and his writings are often categorized by their dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women. Washington Irving’s works are a combination of both the dislike of women as well as in line with the times of the American Revolutionary Period. In Irving’s time of writing, women were in the background and were subservient to men rather than being equal to men. If the stories were written…

There are many differences and similarities between reading a book and watching a play. The many differences include sensory, emotion ,and suspense. They may be minute changes or big differences. Of the differences suspense is one of the biggest. In books it can take hours to build up suspense and the author can use great depth and detail to explain a situation. While in a play they have a limited amount of time to build suspense and give detail. In the story “The Tell Tale Heart” the author…

Roger K. Miller was a retired editor for the Pittsburgh Post who wrote a few books for children entertainment; his most popular novel is a children’s book written in 2007 called Invisible Hero. He now resides with his wife and children in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, as a children’s orthodontist. During the time when he worked with the Pittsburgh Post, he wrote articles about history lessons, one of which talked about Andrew Burstein’s novel, The Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington…

explain the setting with great detail, but in the play it would be difficult to act out a clear cool breezy night because they don't have enough props to do it. One of the main differences in the book than the play is that the headless horseman and ichabod ride their horses and they are important. Unlike the play where they couldn't use horses because they don't have the proper props to do that. Another difference would be the date of the story and play. In the play they have old and dirty…

Have you heard of it, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? It’s a short story that engages all ages. There are two versions of it to get the same story, the written short story or the 1949 Disney animated version. They both tell a lot of the same things, but there are many differences too. Many younger kids may enjoy the movie and many older kids may too. The best choice to give someone that has never heard of this story is the written original short story. The original story is best suit for everyone…

The difference between a play and a story? Well, a play is something you watch and a story is something you read. The only thing is, what if they’re the same too? Setting is different, suspense is different, but maybe emotion is the same. The Monkey’s Paw was a great story, yes, but I pictured the setting a lot differently. In the story, it was dark when he went to find the paw. I imagined him bumping into things, lead by his candlelight. In the play, all he did was walk down stairs. Along with…

grey hair, circles around the eyes, and callused hands. In the performance they didn’t make this detail as important, and the couple were presented as sad and poor. In the story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, you never find out what happens to the Ichabod Crane. You are left to imagine whatever you my like. I personally thought that he did end up fleeing the town, and this time the director’s of the play thought the same thing. I would have liked it better if they wouldn’t have acted out him…

like. The plays on the other hand showed simple scenery and the costumes gave some good detail to fit who the characters really were. The books had to really explain it where the plays could just show it. An example in the plays, the costume for Ichabod Crane was perfectly done and just how I imagined him to look. The play made up their own neat way for him to stretch with his legs really flexible. The book did not have nearly as much detail as the play.…