Examples Of Allegory In The Legend Of Sleep Hollow

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The Allegory of Sleepy Hollow “The Legends of Sleep Hollow” I think can be read as an allegory. The Legends of Sleepy Hollow is a story in which the whole town does not know what to believe. The town is full of superstition, ghost stories that are from wartime violence, it has headless horsemen. The town is all around creepy and really quiet. “The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilights superstitions: stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the night-mare, with her whole nine fold, seems to make it the favourite scene of her gambols (42).” The town’s population is made up of Dutch immigrants. This world is representative of historical truth. There had just been war not too long ago. America was becoming more diverse with the amount of immigrants settling there. Ichabod Crane is a character who was not American born, he was a Dutch settler he was from Connecticut. Ichabod crane could also be an allegorical representation of the closest thing to a typical American at that time. Ichabod Crane for one is superstitious, he also has a motive for wealth. “Boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he …show more content…

“He was framed for great knowledge and skill in horsemanship, being as dexterous on horseback as Tartar (49).” I think this gives more insight on the possibility that Abraham was the “headless horseman” he had the skills to be able to ride naturally, fast, and be able to focus on scaring Ichabod. Brom bones acted suspicious when the story was brought up about Ichabod Crane leaving and why Ichabod left. “...was observed to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related, and always burst into a hearty laugh at the mention of the pumpkin; which led some to suspect that he knew more about the matter than he chose to tell

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