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    9/27/12 King School 8th The Sleepy Hollow The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow it tells the story of Ichabod Crane‚ superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut‚ who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt‚ the town rowdy‚ for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel‚ the daughter and the student

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    26 NOV 2013 Social Media Assessment: Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow is a new television series currently running on the FOX network. Airing on September 16‚ Sleepy Hollow is a modern twist on Washington Irving’s classic tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. Ichabod Crane‚ played by actor Tom Mison‚ is a revolutionary soldier “resurrected” in the present-day town of Sleepy Hollow along with his foe‚ the Headless Horseman. The show explores the legend of the Apocalypse‚ with Ichabod and his

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    “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving is a short story based on the well-known legend of the Headless Horseman. In the book the disappearance of the main character Ichabod Crane‚ leaves the readers guessing what the truth is behind the ending. In the beginning of the movie there are similarities to the book until later in the movie there is a twist that leads the plot to another direction. Washington Irving starts the short story by describing beautiful scenic images of a little valley

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    Kathryn Schultz Miller’s story of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to Saginaw Valley State University’s Malcolm Field Theater the first week of April. When compared to the extreme weather for Saginaw Valley’s production of Terra Nova‚ the pleasant weather‚ during the first week of April‚ brought in enough people to practically fill the seats of the lower portion of Malcolm Field Theater. Going into the theater with very minimal knowledge of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow left quote a bit of room for the actors

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    In “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving‚ the town of Sleepy Hollow is described as a quiet and tranquil town where its residents do not look for change and are not affected by all of the advancements being made in the World around them. Imagine a town that does not keep up with others around them and becomes a town standing still in time. Irving uses characters and setting to portray a serene and unpretentious American society subject to greed and misfortune in the hands of Ichabod

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    strong feelings on it. When you believe in something you are‚ in my opinion‚ more likely to see it or think you’ve seen it. In Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‚” Irving tells a story of just this type of situation. Article Analysis In Greg Smith’s “Supernatural Ambiguity and Possibility in Irving’s ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’‚”‚ Smith makes many claims on the occurrences in the story. One of the claims that stuck out to me the most was how he talks about how rather or not the

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    Reflection The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow is a story of a headless horseman searching for his missing head. In the story‚ the headless horseman used to cut heads by whoever his controller wants or asks him to be beheaded. It is a story that has a mixture of different witchcrafts produced by some of the major characters.If we say witchcraft‚ these pertains to a sorcery as practiced by a witch or witches usually with the aid or through the medium of an evil spirit. The start of the story easily

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    “The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow” is a short story that was written by Washington Irving in 1820 and then was later on turned into a movie in 1999 by Tim Burton. The short story “Legend Of Sleepy Hollow” is based on a well-known legend of the headless horseman in the small town of sleepy hollow. This short story tells the tale of the alleged disappearance of the main character‚ Ichabod Crane. This story‚ leaves you guessing as to what is the truth about Ichabod Crane’s disappearance? While in the movie

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    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is based on an old fashioned story. The story is about a beautiful young girl named Katrina‚ she is a daddy’s girl that will always get her way with her parents. There is this boy named Ichabod and he is a very tall‚ ugly dorky school teacher and he had always had his eye out for Katrina. Well another boy comes around named Broom Van Bryant his nickname is Brom Bones‚ he is very popular‚ charming‚ loves scaring people‚ strong‚ good-looking and well-liked. Throughout this

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    “The dominant spirit‚ however‚ that haunts this enchanted region‚ and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air‚ is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head.” Although the movie Sleepy Hollow is based upon the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‚ there are also distinctions which allow each to tell their own tale. Washington Irving’s short story inspired Tim Burton’s film but did not limit it. The foundations of the two are much the same but their story lines unfold diversely

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