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

The narrator's reliability in each of these short stories is analyzed in a paper that consists of five pages. There are no other ...

the nephew of King Arthur, a brave young man who is eager to demonstrate his physical prowess. His antagonist is a mysterious str...

lament: "Of everything that is alive and has a mind, we women are the most wretched creatures. First of all, we have to buy a hus...

In five pages the ways Washington Irving employed humor in his famous story are examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliograp...

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

(Irving [1]). The author indicates that if he were left alone he would have been very happy doing nothing for his entire life. Thi...

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

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

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...

his long literary journey in newspapers and journals, becoming a contributor to his brothers Morning Chronicle and publishing his ...

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

and... evokes that stage of Puritanism when a diminished conviction was beginning to be replaced by a somewhat hypocritical moral ...

the intent of the writer. Might he have an agenda hidden under the ghost story? At the same time, this is a classic supernatural t...

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

a strong and masculine man, though perhaps not too intelligent, or so Ichabod thinks. One night at a party people are telling s...

The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments produces a state of mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impres...

of his talent. He sees and then conveys meaning in the smallest of details and, again, weaves them together in ways that create th...

him when Wally brings his girl friend, Candy, to the orphanage to get an abortion. Wally, Homer, and Candy all become very close f...

In four pages the acceptance of change among individuals are compared in the characterizations of Calisher's Greenwitch, Hawthorne...

was most assuredly looked upon as a positive move forward for the country overall; additionally, it also cultivated the capitalist...

Women had few meaty roles in early American literature. This report deals with Cora and Alice Munro from The Last of the Mohicans...

This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside o...

In seven pages this report analyzes Tim Burton's film Sleepy Hollow in terms of Johnny Depp's performance and cinematic influences...

This paper consists of six pages and analyzes the symbolism that appears throughout each short story. Two sources are cited in th...

homestead and did not have a job, but he was a good and kindly man, and in that there are admirable qualities of a husband. But, t...

Booker T. Washington's autobiography is analyzed in five pages. There are no other sources listed....

In ten pages this research paper compares Crane's short story to the author's own actual experience following the Commodore sinkin...

(Logia.com). "Unmoved by the dissuading counsel of an affectionate but timid sister, and unable to procure assistance, she determi...

in his review of Maggie, vented his "frustration at realism," as he complained that realism "seemed written from the outside" (Gol...