Legend

The Legend of Billie Jean is a teenager’s fantasy. Well, maybe an ‘80s-era teenager; there’s a good chance that kids nowadays will roll their eyes at some of what happens in this movie, much like I myself did as I was watching it today. I’m not saying this 1985 film is totally worthless. In fact, there were things about it that I really liked. But for the most part, The Legend of Billie Jean is pretty damn silly. Billie Jean Davy (Helen Slater) and her younger brother Binx (Christian Slater)…

The American short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” was written while Washington Irving was living in England. Washington Irving wanted the film audience to capture a gothic tone that mirrors a slightly surreal place. Throughout the text, Irving describes Sleepy Hollow as, “Certain it is, 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. They are given to all kinds of marvelous…

Theatrical performances of stories are usually very different and more dramatic than the original story because of many elements of the theatre production. This statement is no different for the theatre production of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." The lighting, sets, and sound effects really give a scarier mood to the story. The dark and ominous lighting really set the mood during the scene of the performance when the Headless Horseman was chasing Ichabod. The dark and scary lighting and then…

The short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was written by Washington Irving in 1820. The story was inspired by the new era of time after the American Revolution (1765-1783) and how this varied with the times before and during this significant event. The film, Sleepy Hollow is an adaptation of the short story. It was directed by Tim Burton and published in 1999. It stars Jonny Depp as Ichabod Crane, Christina Ricci as Katrina Van Tassel and Christopher Walken as the Headless Horseman. Though…

stories if they are altered, resulting in massive changes leading to a different literary device as a product. Some literary devices have little effect on the plot and story if altered accordingly, such as universal broad themes. In the stories of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, “Rappaccini’s Daughter”, and “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” there are many differences in literary devices in the adaptations into movies; such as the character portrayal, the overall theme, and how the eras of the…

In all our lives we have choices and depending on the choices we make it could change our lives for the better or for the worst. In the story “ The Legend of sleepy Hollow ”, Ichabod Crane is a strange man from New York seeking work as a school teacher in Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is a town full of strange occurrences and peculiar people. Ichabod was being bothered by a superstition named The headless Horsemen and was also troubled by Brom Bones. Brom Bones disliked him because he didn't want…

In The legend of Sleepy Hollow the story takes place in Sleepy Hollow in New York. Sleepy Hollow is a very small and quiet town. It is said that the town is under some kind of enchantment. Its residents all seem to move a little slower, daydream a little more, and be more prone to believe in the supernatural. The characters start with Diedrich Knickerbocker, the narrator of this short story. Next is Ichabod Crane. Ichabod is the itinerant school teacher of Sleepy Hollow. He was described to be…

In a spacious cove along the east side of the Hudson River lied a small town known as Tarry Town. There resided Ichabod Crane, a simple fellow who was the school master of the town. The desire of heart was to win over Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a wealthy man. It was short lived, however, when she turned him down for Brom Bones. Heartbroken he went to a tavern, a place he never visits, and drank the content of an unknown keg. Inside that keg was a strong alcoholic drink imported from…

Representation in London’s I am Legend and Atwood’s Oryx and Crake That literature reflects life and society is a fact that is widely acknowledged as it mirrors society’s goods and ills. For centuries, human societies have tended to assign different roles, codes of behavior and thoughts for men and women. Moreover, societies have used the biological distinction of sex to construct a social distinction of gender – being masculine and feminine. In the fictional novels, I am Legend by Richard…

In, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving highlights a viable arrangement of starvation pictures that starts with his long portrayal of the emaciated, haggard Ichabod and reaches out to the practically physical yearning that his hero feels when he sees the rich produce of Van Tassel 's territory. Irving utilizes imagery, tone, and symbol to suit the equally mixed story line and underlying concept in this story. The author of this short story creates a mysterious and suspenseful tone which…