When watching a movie or reading a book, humans are known to attach on to characters stories and what they go through. We are able to connect through the characters emotions and physical appearances. Washington Irving's’ book “Sleepy Hollow” introduces a man named Ichabod Crane as a very weak, and vulnerable guy. While in the movie by Tim Burton “Sleepy Hollow, ” he is shown to be very outgoing, strong, and intelligent. Hollywood twists our views on people so we become more attached and involved in the story. This can be shown by one Crane being incredibly scared of supernatural occurrences, while Tim Burton shows him as being skeptic until he had proof of what the headless horseman was. (Heavycom).Literature and Hollywood often make characters …show more content…
more exciting and interesting so we can strongly attach to them. In the book “Sleepy Hollow,” Ichabod is first shown to be a coward, weak, and vulnerable character, that is deeply in love with Katrina who he can not have.
He begins to believe that Katrina likes him but he is more excited about the title it will bring him. This can be seen in the text “How soon he'd turn his back upon the old schoolhouse; snap his fingers in the face of Hans Van Ripper, and every other niggardly patron, and kick any itinerant pedagogue out of doors that should dare to call him comrade!” (Irving, p.20 ). This describes Ichabod as only wanting money, and not caring what others are thinking or treating him because he has all the power. Irving shows Ichabods character as very greedy and he uses people to get power, money, and food. Readers are able to relate to this because our society is based on people being greedy and only looking for …show more content…
power. Throughout the book Ichabod is shown to be a very strange, unique looking individual that has very abnormal physical appearances Ichabod is introduced as being tall, lanky, and spindly, “...tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together.”(Irving, pg.9). The way he is described makes him very ugly and unflattering. Irving makes Ichabod more interesting as a character, by saying how he loves to hang out with ladies talking and telling ghost stories. In 1820, genders were subjected to certain jobs, hobbies, and ways of life. Ichabod was known to gossip and not follow the roles that most men did. (shmoop). He was more feminine,this characterization lets readers understand he is different and more cowardly than heroic. The portrayal of Ichabod in Tim Burton’s movie makes Ichabod seem more cunning and handsome.
He also appears to be more brave, scientific, and open minded to what is happening in the murders around town. For instance in the movie, Ichabod has a new job as a constable from New York City. (Frannie). This little change of detail alone changes the way that Ichabod is seen. It makes him more tough and capable in solving these strange murders. Hollywood's biggest play on Ichabod’s character was how he was shown to be very scientific. I believe this may have played a role in Katrina's liking of him. We are able to first see this when Ichabod is examining the body in the woods. He bring his own inventions and is very intrigued with how the head was cut off. (Burton) Irving's book shows how he does not believe in supernatural occurrences, but Tim Burton completely changes that. Through this change the audience becomes more intrigued with the cases and can find it humoring the way Ichabod acts and examines the
dead. In conclusion, Literature and Hollywood can make the same character into two very different people. Although both were able to keep us entertained, Hollywood helps us connect more with the main character. In Irving’s writing of Sleepy Hollow we were able to connect with the aspects of Ichabod being very similar to people in our society. While Hollywood portrayed him to be more intriguing. However Hollywood and Literature change the characters, they are still the most important aspects.
What makes a person relate to a character? In the 1980’s authors began to utilize more imagery in their works to grasp audiences. With each character comes different languages and different viewpoints. When using imagery, the images the author wishes to convey come naturally. Louise Erdrich dug deep into her own ancestry which overtime inspired her short stories, poems, and novels (Louise). With background knowledge, she has been inspired to write about the relationships between Native and non-Native cultures. Erdrich was inspired by the family bonds and the ties of kinship, along with the inspiring storytellers she grew up with (Louise). All of these emotions are tied into her very first short story, “Love Medicine.” Lipsha, the protagonist
In the story, Irving used characterization to create the backstory, characters, and character’s personalities. Irving used direct characterization, so he could describe each character in the beginning of the story. The main character is Ichabod Crane was pictured as a school teacher, love interest of Katherina Van Tassel, and newcomer of Sleepy Hollow. Few people did not like the fact Crane wanted Van Tassel’s hand in marriage because of his position in society. In the story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Crane was described as a simple person with no beautiful features and not the type of man that a woman like Katherina
...rbidden love, whereas Irving’s tale is a tale of possible unrequited love. The characters are vaguely similar in both the written story and the movie, but the glaring difference is that while Ichabod possibly flees from Sleepy Hollow because he was frightened beyond his limits, the movie allows him to denounce any superstition in order to wed his beloved.
Each person, whether they realize it or not, has been shaped by their relationships with others. The effects that piercings or family members can have on someone are limitless and often times profound. In many instances, people do not even know that they are being influenced by others. Even if it is in the most subtle manner, all characters in novels are directly influenced by other figures. Authors use rhetorical strategies to demonstrate the different ways in which relationships affect and shape a character’s identity.
A philosopher named Paul Brunton said, “We should control our appetite, otherwise we will lose ourselves in the confusion of the world.” Washington Irving’s short story, “The legends of sleepy hollow” spins a tale about Ichabod Crane's experiences as a city teacher, while living in a magical place known as Sleepy Hollow. Appetite defines Ichabod Crane in the three following ways: food, wealth, and superstitions.
Instead, he made Ichabod Crane a detective who had his own vision on how to solve crimes. In the movie Ichabod is sent to the small village of Sleepy Hollow where a murder of three town’s people has occurred and they want him to solve it. Soon enough, he meets Katrina, whom Ichabod falls in love with, similar to Irving’s original story. Brom once again becomes jealous of this situation. The beginning of the story is very much similar to Washington Irving’s original. However, the main difference is that Ichabod is a detective; he is attempting to resolve a murder mystery. The murder consists of three people who had their heads cut off yet the heads are not being found anywhere. Even though Tim Burton did incorporate Washington Irving’s original story, he chose to include his own version of what happened. Only in the beginning does he chose to show Brom pretending to the cloaked horseman. Burton does include a sudden alteration; he decided to introduce magic and witchcraft. A witch controls an actual demon who was behind the killing who is the horseman. Katrina’s stepmother, who is the true witch, now possesses greed and
in creating his vision of the town of Sleepy Hollow and the headless horseman, Katrina,
In the three stories, by Washington Irving, he shows acts of misogyny. Within the story, the character of Rip Van Winkle, a man sick of his wife wanders off into the wood, to disappear for 20 years. Throughout the story of The Devil and Tom Walker, the devil asks the man to sell his soul to him for money. Which the man was going to do until his wife convinced him not to. Also in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the man in the story likes a woman, but unfortunately the woman picks another man over him. All of these stories each of the male characters have to face a certain challenge whether it be internal or external.
The Romantic era writers, Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe, had many similarities but even more differences, in both writing theme and style. This is very evident in their works, “Rip Van Winkle”, by Irving, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”, by Poe.
First, within The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Irving creates the character Ichabod Crane for being known as to having “feminine characteristics.” He negates the fact that he is a schoolmaster and that the career is looked down upon, or not as “manly” of a job; being a teacher back in the days
Irving's main character, Icabod Crane, causes a stir and disrupts the female order in the Hollow when he arrives from Connecticut. Crane is not only a representative of bustling, practical New England who threatens rural America with his many talents and fortune of knowledge; he is also an intrusive male who threatens the stability of a decidedly female place. By taking a closer look at the stories that circulate though Sleepy Hollow, one can see that Crane's expulsion follows directly from women's cultivation of local folklore. Female-centered Sleepy Hollow, by means of tales revolving around the emasculated, headless "dominant spirit" of region, figuratively neuters threatening masculine invaders like Crane to restore order and ensure the continuance of the old Dutch domesticity and their old wives' tales.
...g and appreciation of qualities of characters, and hence, a deeper understanding of underlying motives and psyche. Intricate and methodical characterization is crucial to grasp the full meaning of a narrative.
Although at times it is easy to get carried away with the adventure of a story, noticing the elements a writer has put into his work is very important. In reading “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” you can see both similarities as well as differences of how both Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving chose to illuminate their romantic writing styles. The writers both use a mystical woodsy setting with supernatural twists to draw in readers. Underlying you will find the differing romantic themes each writer used, as well as how each writer chose to end their work.
Although the titles of the two works are relatively similar, the plot of each is different. If the film does not include the character, Ichabod Crane, and the reference to a Headless Horseman, the film would have no resemblance to Irving’s story. The difference in structure of plot in the two works changes the entire story. Every facet of the story is different between the two. The exposition offers the audience different stories because Ichabod has a new profession in the movie. The conflict in the two w...
The short stories of Washington Irving are examples of the literary movement of Romanticism and its characteristics which are evidenced in this author’s works. These