Sleepy Hollow

Everyone loves scary stories or tales. It makes us feel excited. Washington Irving was famous for his short stories. His most famous was the legend of sleepy hollow and Rip Van Winkle. “The legend of sleepy hollow” was set in a small town named Tarrytown in New York where the Dutch settled. The residents and visitors say that the sleepy hollow is known for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere. Irving wrote this story in the early 1800’s. He was born in Tarrytown. The main purpose…

Elburn, I immediately met a girl named Morgan, and she was a major thespian. She always wanted me to come out and see her shows, and always wanted me to participate in one with her. After a while I gave in and tried out for the show The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with her. I was pretty anxious about the cast list before it came out. Every time I came home from school, my heart was beating out of my chest wanting to ask my mom again and again. There never was an answer and eventually I gave up. On a…

The crossover episodes between the two shows on FOX which no-one thought could never happen is finally upon us. Science meets the supernatural when the leads from Bones and Sleepy Hollow both guest star in each other’s series this Thursday evening in a two-part Halloween Special Event. I haven’t watched Sleepy Hollow since giving the series up during its first season I’m afraid, and as yet haven’t watched the screener for the second part of this story so can’t judge how that section of tale…

headless horseman with his own twist on the events, and shows scene of when the headless horseman was alive and how he was corned by his enemy and had his own head chopped off of his body like how he does to everyone he comes back for (The legend of sleepy hollow, Pierre Gang). This event from the plot was different as the producer of the film needed to have a distinct way that the headless horseman came to be, instead of just not actually showing what occurred for this character to be created…

1800-1865. In the movie, “Sleepy Hollow”, there was a lot of of American romanticism in the movie. For instance, romanticism in the movie are pertaining to a supernatural spirit, nature, and self-intuition. Ichabod Crane was a hero in more than one time in the movie because he used his self-intuition. Tim Burton demonstrates self-intuition in the movie “Sleepy Hollow” in a variety of different ways. Ichabod Crane used his self-intuition in the movie “Sleepy Hollow” by using it to help make…

author of 19th century America. He was born in New York and became one of the first American fiction authors to gain international acclaim. Irving began his career writing satire essays, and he was specifically known for his works, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.” In his work “The Devil and Tom Walker”, he tells the story of a man and woman whose greed was to such an extent that they both made deals with the devil. The couple found that their selfishness and greed would lead…

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 films affected the…

Washington Irving is a writer who authored many short stories and essays in the early nineteenth century. He is the writer of many classical short stories, such as “Rip Van Winkle,” “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” and “The Devil and Tom Walker,” which are many people’s favorite short stories. However, in many of these stories the portrayal of certain male characters--and their relationships with female characters--have raised the question of whether or not Washington Irving had some questionable…

attacking anyone who stands in his way and not stopping at anything to get it. “Sleepy Hollow” by Tim Burton is a movie that is based on “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving. Tim Burton took a creative license when he came up with the idea, and he transforms the legend into a completely new version that slightly represents the original version. “Sleepy Hollow” has a weak connection with “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” because the main characters are like different people with the…

sought to create stories other than the dramatic, chivalrous, romantic stories that were dominating the world of literature. He wanted a book that would be amusing to read, and could have the reader laughing. From this desire, he created “The Legend of Sleepy…