...Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones War! Rivalry! These words make you think of Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones, which person is the the best men? Ichabod Crane of Brom bones?But Katrina Van Tassel's should find who would be the best man for her, but some of them will have different themselves, but today i’ll be doing similarities and differences between these men which the is story is Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. Ichabod Crane, compared to Brom Bones, are alike in many ways like they both like Katrina very well, because of Katrina appearances. Then they were pretty mean to each other for Katrina, but they both are men, so many people think that ichabod Crane is weak, but I think they both can fight their own battles for themselves. They both were hanging out at the party to see Katrina but,she only picks one and that was Brom Bones. They are both competitive with each other with Katrina, but I know this because Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane are meeting each other every time they see each other. Then they both are so friendly to her, because like they might be mean to her but they still want to marry that’s what I think about these answers I just put....
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...New York. There is a legend in that town of a headless horseman who rides in the dark and disappears in a flash. The main characters in the story are Ichabod Crane he says that his name is appropriate because of his appearance and the fact that he is a schoolmaster, Katarina Van Tassel who used to be one of Ichabod’s singing students but now is being courted by two men one of them is Ichabod and Abraham Brunt who is the other guy courting Katarina he is described as handsome and big and was given the nickname Broom Bones. The theme that comes into question the most in the story is the supernatural. This can be seen the story of the headless horseman. At the party most people seem to have their different encounters with the horseman. In the case of Ichabod it makes us question whether it was Abraham who was the headless horseman because anytime that story comes up we are told he just laughs about it hinting there is something more that is not being said. Ichabod believed in witchcraft he had books and would sing psalms when he thought they were near him. The theme of war is evident in the whole story. It should be noted that the book was not written not to long after the American Revolution. Love in the book can be seen as war In the book it talks of knightly battle in order to will the girl i.e. Abraham wanted to fight Ichabod for Katarina love but because he could not do that he resorted to other methods like pranks which he may or may have not been the headless horseman at...
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...what's different? Van winkle and ichabod crane are similar in many ways. They both live in a village and spend a lot of time with the villager children. Van winkle spends time with the children and plays games with them. and ichabod crane teaches the children and gives them edication. They both learn a lot from spending time with the children of the village. Ichabod crane does NOT believe in ghosts, he mocks the children and adults who do believe in ghosts. They try to convince him that the headless horseman does exist. eventually after a few scares he starts to freak out. Van winkle on the other hand had no problem with ghosts but he did have a few with the devil. The devil makes...
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...main characters, Ichabod Crane and Bram Bones. These two heroic characters both desire the same woman, Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a substantial Dutch farmer. Apart from the fact that they both yearn for the same woman these two men are completely different creatures. In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", Washington Irving does not hide the fact that he clearly favors Ichabod Crane over Brom Bones. Ichabod Crane is a somewhat geeky tall lanky man. He is a highly educated schoolmaster who travels from home to home teaching young children. "Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex". He clearly doubts himself with the ladies and appears to be a rather insecure character throughout the narrative. On the other hand, Ichabod Crane's adversary Bram Bones is quite the opposite. Bram Bones is a rather large robust burly and somewhat arrogant man. He is well known for his "feats of strength and hardihood. He is a confident man who expects his advances on a lady to be reciprocated. Bram Bones traveled with his gang of friends whereas Ichabod Crane seemed to be a loner who traveled by himself. Interestingly, both men were well known for their knowledge and skill in their own trades. Nevertheless, even their choice of vocation couldn't be more contrary. Bram Bones was known for his great knowledge and skill in horsemanship. His profession was a hands on job requiring great physical strength. Later in the story we learn that Ichabod lacks the necessary...
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...The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Nate Holbus Ichabod, the tall, slick, innocent man, anxiously rode his horse through the gloomy forest. Hard splashes of wet dirt throughout the forest produced a nerve racking echoing sound behind them. Ichabod’s muscles tensed up. Up the hill he traveled. The instructor started to become afraid, because he felt that someone, or something, was following him. Suddenly, he heard footsteps behind him, and they were becoming louder, and louder, and louder. Ichabod’s horse started running. Sweat ran down the bodies of Ichabod and the frightened horse. The terrified teacher struggled to position himself correctly as he became unbalanced on the horse. Ichabod then felt a hot, horrifying breath on the bone of his neck....
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...Ichabod is the proper choice for Katrina instead of Brom Bones with his reckless nature and pranks. Ichabod is more of a gentleman and graceful with his actions and words carefully picking the right ones in place of others Katrina should choose Ichabod Crane over Brom Bones because of Ichabod’s higher intellect, his connections through town, his storytelling. Ichabod's intellect is above par compared to everyone else in sleepy hollow because he is a teacher and is well read in many books including Cotton Mather’s History of New England Witchcraft which he has mastered. Ichabod is from Connecticut from which all pioneers and back wood teachers come from. His Intellect also give him a gentlemen air about him as he is very polite and can...
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...The overview of friendship in these readings it’s presented as a source of vanity. For example, in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow it is said, “[...] he borrowed a horse from the farmer with whom he was domiciliated [...] and, thus gallantly mounted, issued forth, like a knight-errant in quest of adventures.” (18). The problem here is that Ichabod is using a horse form his friend and wants to pretend as if were his. Ichabod is trying to pretend someone that he is not and we can see this because by borrowing his friend’s wealth he is presenting himself differently. Now in The Monster the representation of friendship presented here is like this, “Hello, Jim! said Henry, poising his sponge. ” (2.149). This quote is rather showing than saying how...
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...In Washington Irving's’ Sleepy Hollow, the narrator makes a virtue of being oblivious to one’s surroundings. For example, the narrator is told of the “great torrent of migration and improvement, which… sweeps by them unobserved” (Irving 4). Change and innovation is spreading across the nation and yet, Sleepy Hollow is completely unaware of the progress and change that happens outside of their city. Furthermore, he shows that since Sleepy Hollow does not change, it is good. Sleepy Hollow is isolated from the rest of the world so that the actions and achievements of other cities are never heard of. This allows the residents of Sleepy Hollow to remain relatively the same. Similarly, the narrator expresses that he would not be surprised to “still...
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...takes a rather humorous attitude toward the character of Ichabod Crane, a likable yet universal stereotype. Although the story has gained a reputation as a ghost story over the years, Irving shaped it as a comic tale of self-delusion. Much of the humor derives from the contrasts within Crane's own personality. Ichabod Crane was the main character in “ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. Ichabod Crane was described as a tall, skinny, gangly, awkward young man whose whole fame was most loosely hung together. He saw himself as a very accomplished, suave man. Women in the rural neighborhood easily sophisticated Crane. Other people seen Crane as an educated and scholarly man by their standards. He was a standard teacher who teaches in a roughly-made, log building that only had one large room in it. The author states “From here the low murmur of...
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...A Rose for Emily Summary How It All Goes Down You might want to look at our discussion of the novel's setting before you enter here, or at least know it's there to help if you get tangled up in this story's crazy chronology. Also keep in mind that the narrator of this story represents several generations of men and women from the town. The story begins at the huge funeral for Miss Emily Grierson. Nobody has been to her house in ten years, except for her servant. Her house is old, but was once the best house around. The town had a special relationship with Miss Emily ever since it decided to stop billing her for taxes in 1894. But, the "newer generation" wasn't happy with this arrangement, and so they paid a visit to Miss Emily and tried to get her to pay the debt. She refused to acknowledge that the old arrangement might not work any more, and flatly refused to pay. Thirty years before, the tax collecting townspeople had a strange encounter with Miss Emily about a bad smell at her place. This was about two years after her father died, and a short time after her lover disappeared from her life. Anyhow, the stink got stronger and complaints were made, but the authorities didn't want to confront Emily about the problem. So, they sprinkled lime around the house and the smell was eventually gone. Everybody felt sorry for Emily when her father died. He left her with the house, but no money. When he died, Emily refused to admit it for three whole days. The town didn't think...
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...NORTH AMERICAN FICTION BRIEF INTRODUCTION: Before starting our study of American Fiction we must understand what American Literature is in itself and which pieces of writing we can include within this label. It is believed that when a piece is written in North America, more precisely in the USA, it would automatically be given this epithet. But it should be taken into account that this idea is quite broad and doesn’t reflect the real essence of the term. However, there is also another definition that gathers this essence: American Literature is the one that represents the Americanism, the singularity of the USA philosophy and culture. This way, instead of focusing on who the author is, it is focused on the content of the writing. In that which concerns Fiction, the following documents are the ones considered as narrative: Speeches Letters Short Stories Essays Political Documents Sermons Novels Diaries 1 FIRST LITERARY EXPRESSIONS The first documents in which the idea of Americanism is very present are the Sermons. They respond to the strict Protestantism settled in the New Continent after the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers and Puritans in the Mayflower (1620) and the Arabella (1630). They established a theocratic community whose main and only point of reference was the Bible. That is why the idea of the ‘city upon a hill’ is still very present in American mentality. As we all know...
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...BRITISH SHORT FICTION IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY This page intentionally left blank British Short Fiction in the Early Nineteenth Century The Rise of the Tale TIM KILLICK Cardiff University, UK © Tim Killick 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Tim Killick has asserted his moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Gower House Croft Road Aldershot Hampshire GU11 3HR England Ashgate Publishing Company Suite 420 101 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05401-4405 USA www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Killick, Tim British short fiction in the early nineteenth century : the rise of the tale 1. Short stories, English – History and criticism 2. English fiction – 19th century – History and criticism 3. Short story 4. Literary form – History – 19th century I. Title 823’.0109 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Killick, Tim. British short fiction in the early nineteenth century : the rise of the tale / by Tim Killick. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7546-6413-0 (alk. paper) 1. Short stories, English—History and criticism. 2. English fiction—19th...
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...BRITISH SHORT FICTION IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY This page intentionally left blank British Short Fiction in the Early Nineteenth Century The Rise of the Tale TIM KILLICK Cardiff University, UK © Tim Killick 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Tim Killick has asserted his moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Gower House Croft Road Aldershot Hampshire GU11 3HR England Ashgate Publishing Company Suite 420 101 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05401-4405 USA www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Killick, Tim British short fiction in the early nineteenth century : the rise of the tale 1. Short stories, English – History and criticism 2. English fiction – 19th century – History and criticism 3. Short story 4. Literary form – History – 19th century I. Title 823’.0109 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Killick, Tim. British short fiction in the early nineteenth century : the rise of the tale / by Tim Killick. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7546-6413-0 (alk. paper) 1. Short stories, English—History and criticism. 2. English fiction—19th...
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...BRITISH SHORT FICTION IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY This page intentionally left blank British Short Fiction in the Early Nineteenth Century The Rise of the Tale TIM KILLICK Cardiff University, UK © Tim Killick 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Tim Killick has asserted his moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Gower House Croft Road Aldershot Hampshire GU11 3HR England Ashgate Publishing Company Suite 420 101 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05401-4405 USA www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Killick, Tim British short fiction in the early nineteenth century : the rise of the tale 1. Short stories, English – History and criticism 2. English fiction – 19th century – History and criticism 3. Short story 4. Literary form – History – 19th century I. Title 823’.0109 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Killick, Tim. British short fiction in the early nineteenth century : the rise of the tale / by Tim Killick. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7546-6413-0 (alk. paper) 1. Short stories, English—History and criticism. 2. English fiction—19th...
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...IMPORTANT This electronic version of The Century Vocabulary Builder (1922) has been prepared by Serenson Pty Ltd for www.write-better-english.com. This PDF follows the pagination of the original (hard copy) book and includes hypertext links that we have inserted, which look like this. Please do not remove links. Reformatting the original text into this PDF has been no easy task; it is possible that the process has introduced errors or caused omissions. As a result, we make no guarantee about the accuracy or completeness of this version of the Vocabulary Builder. If you find an error or omission in this PDF, please check the original book and contact us so that we can fix the error or omission. Please check your local copyright laws before accessing this PDF. If you are serious about building your vocabulary, we highly recommend you try the popular vocabularybuilding program called Ultimate Vocabulary Want the ultimate vocabulary builder? Click www.write-better-english com/ultimate-vocabulary.aspx THE CENTURY VOCABULARY BUILDER BY GARLAND GREEVER AND JOSEPH M. BACHELOR NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. Want the ultimate vocabulary builder? Click www.write-better-english com/ultimate-vocabulary.aspx PREFACE You should know at the outset what this book does not attempt to do. It does not, save to the extent that its own special purpose requires, concern itself with the many and intricate problems of grammar, rhetoric, spelling, punctuation, and the like; or clarify...
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