Headless Horseman

would start sweating at the thought and their knees begin to give out, but alas for some odd reason some venture on into the pitch black forest. Though I am given many names, but the one I have heard many people screaming was “The Headless Horseman”. I, “The Headless Horseman” was a young, tall, and muscular man. I would always help the people of Tarry Town, especially maiden that were not married, for that I may find the perfect wife. I would put other men around my size to shame. For others would

Similarities between Brom Bones and the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow Introduction Washington Irving is the author of the tale “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” that was written in the nineteenth century (Baym 25). Irving was born in New York City on April 3rd, 1783 and was the last of eleven children. At home, Irving read a wide range of English literature and delighted in many other writers, including Shakespeare, Oliver Goldsmith, and Laurence Sterne. In 1830 Irving bought and began refurbishing

However, this soldier carried a sinister aura around him and, with a closer look, it appeared that he carried a strange replacement for his missing head and that is what he lurked about this town for. Once nightfall hit, the haunting of The Headless Horseman began. Willing to kill anyone in his way, he stopped at nothing to complete his task. The rise of the sun was his one and only opponent.

sounded like a crackling fire that never ended. As I’m still walking into this strange town, I start to notice that everyone had traumatized looks on their faces. This woman ran by me screaming “ My husband! The Headless Horseman took my husband!” I did not know who this ‘Headless Horseman’ was, but I wanted to know. This town looked mysterious anyways, I knew something was off ever since I walked into this wicked town. I had walked into a bar, the atmosphere was warm and live, but everyone seemed

Many connections to famous books or movies can be made to the Headless Horseman or the "Heissan" as he is referred to many times in the original "Sleepy Hollow". The Headless Horseman has a few key traits: engimatic, supernatural, and terror raising/feared. Only a few have ever come face to face with the Horseman, the nemesis of Ichabod Crane (main character) Brom Van Brunt has a supposed run in with the horseman and lives to tell the tale, while the village elders go off of stories. When his name

Dr. Faustus, a medieval alchemist who sought the secrets of life, but in the end fell victim to the Devil?s supernatural chicanery. Other such stories adapted from older settings are the Headless Horseman[endnoteRef:2] and Rip Van Winkle[endnoteRef:3], adapted from common themes in European folk tales of headless men and centuries old sleepers, respectively. [1: Irving, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories. Westminster: Penguin Publishing Group, 2014.] [2: Irving 120-147] [3:

my direction. Walking through the thick fog, a gust of wind hits me, sending chills down my spine. Walking through the thick, Ice like fog, a man and his horse are off in the distance. The man holding a pumpkin, the turns around. It was the Headless Horseman! Legends say his head was chopped of by a cannon, and each night, he seeks revenge for his head. He starts the search at sundown, then he is back in his grave before sunrise of the next morning. The pain and emotions he must go through. Yet,

persistently frightened himself by supposing he saw and heard supernatural beings. When Crane competed with Brom Bones for a lady’s love, Bones took advantage of Ichabod Crane’s character flaws scaring him out of town by impersonating the dreaded Headless Horseman. Ichabod Crane’s greed, superstition, and fearfulness resulted in his downfall. Ichabod Crane’s greed hindered his relationship with the townspeople, making some, such as Brom Bones, pleased to expel Crane from town, and others indifferent

rivals for the love of a lady with a man named Abraham Van Brunt. This man, known as Brom Bones to the townspeople, took advantage of Ichabod Crane’s credulousness to scare him out of town through a prank in which he impersonated the dreaded Headless Horseman, the ghost of Sleepy Hollow. This caused Ichabod to flee town out of terror. Ichabod Crane’s characteristics of greed, superstition, and fearfulness ended up causing his downfall. Ichabod Crane’s greediness hindered his relationship with the

phenomenon the Headless Horseman, which is thought to be a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannon ball while in the Revolutionary War. Is the Headless Horseman really a dead Hessian soldier or just a random citizen pulling a prank? Also, how effective was the Headless Horseman character to the readers? In this short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hallow” the Headless Horseman is most often seen riding by a church where historians from the area are buried. People believe the reason the Headless Horseman