睡谷傳說-the-legend-of-the-sleepy-hollow

1、 The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow CharactersPlaceTimePlaceSleepy hollowNot far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little valley, or rather lap of land land among high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world. A small broke guides through it, with just murmur e

2、nough to lull one to repose; and the occational whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that evehr breaks in upon the uniform tranquility. P62 AutumnTimeOn a fine autumnal afternoon, Inchabod,in pensive mood, sat enthroned on the lofty stool from whence he usually watc

3、hed all the concerns of his little literaryrealm.P75Autumn is the season of sorrow.The story happening in that season implys that Inchabod would be deported from the sleepy hollow and the writers dissatisfaction with the social reality.The sleepy hollow is the writers ideal society.When the Irving w

4、rote this novel, the American is in the evolution. After the independent war, the economy is developing rapidly. On this occasion, people started to pursue money greedily, which bored the writer. In the sleepy hollow, the quietest places in the whole world,there is no clash of material interests. Th

5、at is the place Irving dream about.CharactersIchabod CraneThe teacher in the village.However, he was forced to leave the sleep hollow by the tricks played by his rival. Failure as he was in the country, he became a successor in the city of New York.This name come from the Bible, means the downfallen

6、 religious faith and the regret to the declining world order, symbolizes the recall to the past glory.looks funnyHe was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame mo

7、st loosely hung toghter.His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew. P64be greedy for moneyAs the enraptured fancied all this, and as he rolled

8、 his great green eyes over the fat meadow lands, the rich fields of wheat.his heart yearned after the damsel who was to inherit these domains, and his imagination expanded with the idea,how they might be readily turned into cash, and the money invested in immense tracts of wild land, and shingle pal

9、aces in the wilderness. P71superstitiousHe was, in fact, an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity. His appetite for the marvellous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary; and both have been increased by his residence in this spellbound region. P67 Ichabod Crane is

10、 the object of satire in the novel. His arrival breaks the tranquility of the country life.Ichabod is the representative of social reality.After he is ousted , the sleepy hollow recovers its regular serenity. His fate reflects the writers criticism of social reality.Brom Van BruntA strong young man,

11、 a hero of the country round.Finally, he married Katrina. A hero, strong and mischievousThe hero of the country round, which rang with his feats of strength and hardihood. He was broad-shouldered and double-jointed, with short curly black hair, and a bluff but not unpleasant countenance, having a mi

12、ngled air of fun and arrogance.He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic;but had more mischief than ill-will in his composition; and with all his overbearing roughness, there was a strong dash of waggish good humor at bottom. P72 Compared with Inchabod who represents the morden civilization, Brom Van Brunt represents the human nature. At the end of the novel, Brom expels Inchabod.