Washington Irving 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 … a retiring schoolteacher. Instead of a legend, there have been a series of real, brutal murders in the town. Rather than superstitious like irving’s Crane, Burton’s Crane initially does not believe that the story about the horseman is real, and looks for a more plausible explanation. Crane … really controlling the horseman, and then leaving in safety with Katarina. In short, the film makes Crane into a hero, while in the irving story Crane is a figure of fun. Crane is an outsider in both film and book, but in the film his outsider qualities … book, but in the film his outsider qualities are positive ones that free the town from the curse it is……