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Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and Ichabod Crane

A character analysis of Ichabod Crane as featured in 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' by Washington Irving is presented in a paper co...

Folk Legends and Outlaws

In five pages this paper considers what is meant by outlaw heroes in a discussion of the legends that feature them. Eight sources...

The importance of coffee in social culture in the US

This paper looks at the relationship between coffee consumption and American cultural ideology. The writer explores coffee's histo...

Robin Hood's Fact and Fiction

equated with a Robin Hood ideology. In fact, many do refer to people who hold such concepts as being a "Robin Hood." This twelfth ...

Kung Fu Television Series A Semiotic Review

In five pages this paper analyzes body and spoken language in this semiotic review of the television series Kung Fu The Legend Co...

Poe, Hawthorne, Irving and Romanticism Considering Romanticism in Literature By Examining Stories By Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Romantic literary tradition is exemplified by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This paper examines ...

Guinevere's Role in Arthurian Legend

This discussion examines the manner in which the legend developments the character and role of Guinevere and how it changed over t...

Comparative Analysis of Floods in the Epic of Gilgamesh and in Genesis

olive branch, proving that there is land above water once again. A rainbow appears in the sky as a sign that God will not...

Monteverdi’s Orfeo

divisions.vi For twelve years he wrote music as a member of the court of the Duke of Mantua, before being appointed as choirmaster...

Education and Women in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

and, indeed, inferior in learning only to the parson" (Irving). Interestingly enough, this also brings into play women, for the na...

Celtic Mythology and the Morrigan Legends

or most, of the myths surrounding Morrigan she is seen, as noted, as a woman of battle. She was there with every war of the Celts ...

Guinevere and Lancelot/Their Love in 2 Films

no adultery, save for stolen kisses, which of course are observed and thereby cause conflict, anguish for Arthur; exile for Lance...

URBAN LEGENDS AND HOW THEY SPREAD

Though urban legends have always been around, thanks to the Internet, theyre easier to spread these days. According to college pro...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Scarlet Letter Compared

Crane was followed by a mysterious headless horseman, he does not return to marry Katrina. She in turn marries someone else. The s...

The Importance of Religious Stories

investigation of the dhamma, energy, rapture or happiness, calm, concentration, and equanimity" (Thera, 2009). The story entitle...

‘Sports Night’: An Exciting and Memorable Experience

with my pen and autograph book, I was ready to meet these larger-than-life sports figures I had heard and read about my whole life...

The Modern Vampire

nails and fangs that are in the middle of his mouth like a rodents, instead of on the sides like on a Halloween mask" (Ebert). For...

Lenovo; Marketing Strategy Analysis

takeover of the PC division would have on the existing consumer base. Lenovo understood the two is key to keep that consum...

The Public Personas of T.E. Lawrence

contempt he displayed for some of his fellow Englishmen, and his championing of the Arab cause as potential reasons for any media ...

Ichabod Crane vs. Brom van Brunt

also beautiful, fruitful, and peaceful, and that more than the ghost is what we think of when we read about the lush farms, the ri...

The Lady of the Lake

Project). It appears that this particular woman is very ambiguous and according to the Camelot Project in one of the earli...

Supernatural and the Romantic in Works by Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe

before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers, of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph" (Poe). ...

Aspects of Celtic Mythology

see a great deal of intent on magic in a Celtic wedding, where there are many ways in which to honor the mystical forces, some of ...

'Tikkun Olam' and Commitment of Jewish Athletes

World War II after the Japanese bombed military installations in Pearl Harbor. He volunteered for active duty in the Marine Corps...

Actual Life of 'the Sundance Kid'

animals on August 7, 1891; he serves as the best man at his foreman Ebb Johnsons wedding; he saves the life of his good friend Fre...

2 Trade Textbooks on Investment and Mathematics Reviewed

view this formula as an effective means of reducing vulnerability to the financial insecurity which so frequently results in the r...

Worldview of Washington Irving in 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'

But Ichabod has a problem, in the form of "Brom Bones," the nickname the locals have given to Abraham ("Brom" Van Brunt, a strong ...

Hawaiian Kingdom's Ali'i Ruling Class

foresight that brought all of the various Hawaiian Islands together. He was to be the last of the great Hawaiian rulers, for after...

An Analysis of the Arthurian Legend

and the Lion which he saves from a snake dragon. ANALYSIS: The story of Yvains reconciliation with Laudine mimics that whic...

Betulaceae Plant Family

The Birch tree has long been involved in the life of mankind. Early man utilized the bark for writing upon and...