title the legend of sleepy hollow or the legend of the headless horseman
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THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
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Title
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
orThe Legend of the
Headless Horseman
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Publication Date
1820
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Author
Washington Irving Born April 3, 1783 Born in New York , New
York Died November 28,
1859 Died of a heart attack
and was buried in the town of Sleepy Hollow
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Has many works but is known mostly for Rip Van Winkle and The legend of Sleepy Hollow.
He traveled from England to Spain to work on his writings.
He became an ambassador of Spain from 1842- 1846.
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Setting
The story is set in Tarrytown, New York.
Tarrytown is about 30 minutes from New York City.
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Settings etc.
In Tarrytown there is a secluded area called Sleepy Hollow.
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Significance
Since Washington Irving is from Sleepy Hollow he way more than a normal view for his story.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow put a special mark on the town in the mid 1800’s till now.
The story is still relevant in the city.
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Ichabod Crane
Ichabod is the protagonist of the story.
He is a seasoned schoolmaster.
Ichabod is an extremely superstitious man.
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Katrina Van Hassel
She is the daughter of Baltus Van Tassel. And the heir to all of his land and riches.
She’s the town darling. Everybody wants her for her money.
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Baltus Van Tassel
Katrina Van Tassel father.
He’s the richest man in town.
He earned his riches from farming.
The town considers him as their banker and mayor but he is not.
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Brom Bones
He’s the town hero. He wants Katrina
hand in marriage He’s the antagonist of
the story. He hates Ichabod
because he is the only other person in town that has a chance at marriage with Katrina
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Plot
The plot is about an odd man who was a long, lanky as well as extremely superstitious man named Ichabod Crane and him moving from Connecticut to Tarrytown to be a schoolmaster.
Ichabod spends his time competing with the town hero Brom Bones Van Brunt for Katrina Van Tassel’s hand in marriage.
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Ichabod’s students
Ichabod is a loyal teacher but he uses his students to get to there good looking sisters and there mothers cooking .
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Superstitions
Ichabod would listen to all of the ghost stories from the children’s mothers.
Ichabod likes to hear ghost stories but his superstitions are too strong so he believes every story he hears around town.
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Headless Horseman
Before death the Headless Horseman was an Hessian trooper that got decapitated by a cannonball .
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Headless Horseman
Since the Headless Horseman got his head shot off he roams Sleepy Hollow in search for his lost head.
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The Real Ichabod Crane
The real Ichabod crane was a army general in the Revolutionary war.
But the story is based off a man named Jesse Merwin.
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The Real Katrina Van Tassel
The real Katrina Van Tassel is based off a woman named Catriena Ecker Van Tessel
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The whereabouts of Ichabod Crane
Some say Ichabod found a plump wealthy women and settled down and had a family.
Others say that Ichabod died from the headless horseman’s flaming pumpkin and also roams sleepy hollow.
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