\"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow\" Reading Questions 1. What is the legend of the h

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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Reading Questions

1. What is the legend of the headless horseman? (I am looking for the story that the villagers believe---hint p. 534)

2. How are the villagers described?

3. We know that Irving is known for his humorous characters. How does Ichabod's physical description make him humorous? BE SPECIFIC.

4. What author does Ichabod like to read?

5. Who is Katrina Van Tassel?

6. Why is Ichabod interested in Katrina?

7. Who is Brom Bones?

8. How is Brom Bones a foil character to Ichabod?

9. What do the villagers believe happened to Ichabod at the end of the story?

10. At the very end of the "Postscript" (552), the narrator of the story reveals something very important. What does he reveal and how is it reflective of Irving's narrators?

Explanation / Answer

1. The "Legend of Sleepy Hollow” shows Irving's second comic masterpiece. It is a ghostly tale which describes about things that go bump in the night. The specter in question here is the mysterious Headless Horseman, said to be a Hessian trooper who lost his head in a nearby battle.

2. The villagers are shown as those people who believe in myths and superstitions. They believe that the Headless horsemen is a Hessian soldier that had his head blown off during the American Revolution, who searches for his head in the nighttime.

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