Young Goodman And Ichabod Essay

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The Controversial Struggle of Goodman and Ichabod Witches, ghost, demons, goblins, and the Devil make up a small fraction in the supernatural world. Whether or not they are real is still unsure. The Legends of Sleepy Hallow by Washington Ivory and Young Godman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne both have strong themes of supernatural irony associated with the main characters. They struggle to see the obvious in the situation, and in the end, are punished for it. In Ivory’s short story Ichabod Crane is enchanted by the small village of Sleepy Hallow. Even he as a school master is convinced in the supernatural phenomenon’s that takes place in this small crook of the world. All throughout the village you can hear the towns people talking of stories; especially of the headless horsemen. One character who in a typical story he would be casted as the villain, someone who corpus the people, pushes the limits, and his intentions are usually instigated by bad behavior, but somehow, he managed to be the hero. One night Ichabod is out played by this criminal, Brom Bones. Ichabod is unable to comprehend the situation that has taken place. He does not hesitate to believe that the headless horsemen made him vanish from the …show more content…

Goodman is in a town that is believed to be bewitched. He coincidentally finds himself leaving his wife, Faith, one night to follow this unknown adventure. Goodman meets up with a man in the middle of the road in a forest, here Hawthorne is symbolizing this man as the Devil. Putting aside his right mind and forgetting about Faith he is undertaken by this man. He winds up full heartedly at a devil worshiping ceremony unconsciously involved in the advents. After that night, Goodman, has lost all hope, humanity, and faith in the world. He cannot see what has already been seen. Even his wife Faith makes him mindful about every move she