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Analysis Of The Legend Of 'Sleepy Hollow'

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The Horseman Arrives Tonight... right? What is the real legend of Sleepy Hollow? Is it an undead assassin in search of the skull taken from him in the revolutionary war, or a man trying to scare away the competition for his woman? Both stories convey a sense confrontation between Ichabod and Brom Bones, in which Brom acts like the horseman to scare Ichabod. The biggest controversy, one that completely changes the story, is the fact that in one story the undead horseman is real, and in the other he is just a man. Who is Ichabod Crane? Is he an under respected school teacher, or a ever wondering constable from New York? The story of Sleepy Hollow is mysterious and ever changing, it is a tale to scare children and frighten men. In
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