Sleepy Hollow

The Horseman’s Quest As the sun went down in the quaint town of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman flew out of his grave on the back of his mighty steed. His poor soul was still in pursuit of his head, which he had lost to a cannonball many years ago. His stallion thundered down the streets of the village as he made his way towards the battlefield. He was determined to find his skull, so that his spirit could be completed and move on to the afterlife. The Horseman would never let anyone or…

cheap man and will do anything to get some free food. The families like having him at the dinner table because he tells great stories. Ichabod loves stories of ghosts and magic so that is where most of his own stories come from (“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”). He has heard some tales about a man who rides through town at night without a…

Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Courtship of Miles Standish both represent the Romantic era, or Romanticism, an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement, that emphasized emotions such as horror, terror, and awe. Common themes of Romanticism found in art or literature were folklore, emotion, horror, love, nature, individualism, the supernatural, or religion. I am hoping to compare and contrast the courtship strategies of Irving’s…

head that they believe can solve a problem or improve upon something that already exists. Back in the 19th century writers would create many imaginative short stories, one of the most popular short stories of the time was “Sleepy Hollow”, written by Washington Irving. “Sleepy Hollow” is the tale of a man who goes by Ichabod Crane trying to win over a lady and…

The main focus of all my research on Washington Irving, a Yankee living in New York, was to learn how the first American author pictured the world. Irving is widely considered the first American author not because he was the first author in North America, but because he is the first person in America to write stories “by heart”. What I mean by writing with heart was that Irving wrote with a passion, as he considered his work written for the reason of what he loved the most, humor. Irving wrote…

From Washington Irving, comes a story of horror, action, mystery, and witchcraft. He tells Telling the story of a man named Ichabod Crane, a dDetective from Connecticut. From his home, Ichabod travels to Sleepy Hollow, New York. His purpose is to investigate multiple murders under mysterious circumstances. People say a headless soldier from the Revolutionary war is behind the murders. Ichabod goes through a lot of adventures to find out the answer to the mystery, the scientific way...…..at least…

The village of Sleepy Hollow was dark and gloomy. A crow is perched on the sign waiting for it’s prey to wander the dark streets.The street was so foggy one couldn’t see across the empty streets of the village.Off in the you could see a figure of a man on a horse.Who is this man on this horse? Brom Bones is a man in the village of Sleepy Hollow who wants to marry this beautiful girl named Katrina VanTassell. Brom Bones has one major obstacle in his way. The obstacle is Ichabod Crane a school…

Foreshadow - be a warning or indication of a future events. Ichabod sat in a room in the home of Katrina, he looked about his eyes filled with wonder and he envied all the little things about their way of life. He wanted to be rich, so he was determent to win Katrina’s heart. There was another man though that was very in love with Katrina, you could say he was the jock of the town. He was a very mystifies man always causing trouble, if there was a prank he would be the one behind it all. Ichabod…

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…

In the short story,“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving, Katrina Van Tassel must choose a husband. I, Ichabod Crane am the one Katrina should marry. Katrina deserves a husband who supports the family with a well paid job and a great love for children. I am a school master and I am highly respected by the pupils I teach and their family. I believe the golden rule, spare the rod and spoil the child is a very important one to follow for “[I] was not one of those cruel rulers of the…