The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Essays (Examples)

Sleepy Hollow Film Vs Sleepy Hollow Book

“the legend of sleepy Hollow” versus sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving’s short story “the legend of sleepy Hollow” tells the story of the self-important, intellectual schoolmaster Ichabod Crane who wants to marry Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy … seen from again, and is not missed very much, since he was always an outsider and not liked by the insular town of sleepy Hollow. The story is humorous rather than spooky in nature and implies that Brom Bones was the one who dressed as the horseman to … implies that Brom Bones was the one who dressed as the horseman to scare Crane away.
In stark contrast, Tim Burton’s 1999 film sleepy Hollow is a horror film. The horseman is very real. Ichabod Crane is a policeman, not a retiring schoolteacher. Instead of a legend, there have been a series of real, brutal murders in the town. Rather……