睡谷传奇Brom Bones的人物分析

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沉睡谷传奇(3)(1)

一、宁静的山谷下面的叙述是在已故的迪德里希·尼克博克的资料中找到的。

在哈德逊河东岸有一个被称为格林斯堡的小集镇。

它还有一个更出名的名字叫塔里镇。

这个名字是当地的妇女给起的，因为在赶集的日子里，她们的老公总会逗留在或者用她们的话说是把时间浪费在当地的酒馆里。

这一点我无从考证，我提到它只是为了精确。

离这个小镇不远，大约两里左右的高山中有一个小山谷。

这里是世界上最寂静的地方之一。

一条小溪穿流而过，潺潺的溪流声使人昏昏欲睡，只有鸟儿的鸣叫声才会打破山谷的宁静。

我记得，当我是一个小伙子时，我曾经溜达进了山谷中的一个小树林。

那是一个中午，当时万籁俱寂，林子里的树遮蔽了山谷一边的阳光。

我想要是想逃避尘世的烦恼，安安静静虚度此生，再没有比这小山谷更理想的地方了。

因为这个地方懒散的氛围和居住在这里的人（最早在此定居的荷兰人的后代）的特点，这个山谷长久以来因此得名“睡谷”，并且这里的年轻人被叫作“睡谷男孩”。

一个沉睡的、梦魇般的东西似乎无处不在，无时不有。

据说一个德国医生曾在荷兰人统治时给这个地方下过咒。

根据另一个故事的说法，有一个印第安老酋长在这里举行过帕瓦仪式。

不管怎么说，这个地方始终总有一种魔力占据着人们的头脑，使他们倾心信奉稀奇古怪的东西。

他们行走好象总在睡梦中，出现幻觉，常常能看见奇异的光并能听到空中有音乐和说话的声音。

整个地区到处都是关于迷信的故事和闹鬼的地方。

然而，在这个地区所提到的幽灵中最神奇的那个好象成了这里一切的统治者。

在睡谷的人们看来，那幽灵的形状象是骑在马上的一个人一一一个无头的家伙。

有人说那是在革命战争中被炮弹打掉了脑袋的士兵的鬼魂。

据说这个无头骑士常被见到在夜间飞快地游荡。

他不光在这个山谷中游荡，而且还到邻近的路上游荡，到不远的教堂里游荡。

事实上，当地人相信他到教堂里是有历史根据的。

他们说那个士兵的尸体曾葬在教堂的院子里，那个鬼就每晚骑着马在战场周围寻找他的头。

这些权威的说法试图解释他为何在山谷中急速游荡。

关于睡谷传奇的评论1

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow欧文从书本中寻找和发现传说,再用自己的经历改写这种幽默的传说,本能地将其融合到自己创作的素材中。

他刻画了一个极其滑稽的伊克保德,使人们难以忘怀。

虽然美国人都喜欢赢家,可欧文描写的布鲁姆·波尼更接近现实生活,却不易记住。

当然,伊克保德并不是一个彻底的失败者。

他所失去的只是一个农场姑娘的爱和自尊心。

何况这位姑娘并不爱他。

伊克保德这名字出自圣经,象征着没落了的宗教信仰和衰败了的世界秩序的遗憾,也是表示追惜往日的光荣。

他的名字也暗示了一种衰老。

“她给孩子起名叫伊克保德并说:光荣从以色列离开了。

”(Isam iv 21)当然,伊克保德不是古以色列犹太人。

虽然是一位受人尊敬的与时代不相符合的人物,却是一位美国英雄。

因此,他永垂不朽。

他离开睡谷后,在城市里成功了。

布鲁姆·波尼却留在村庄了,并且还得到了心爱的姑娘。

他比伊克保德更应该得到这位姑娘的爱,因为在与伊克保德的竞争中,布鲁姆·波尼经受了嫉妒和强烈的爱这两种感情的折磨。

伊克保德只有恐惧感和野心,却没有爱情。

他不是一个失败者,他生活充实和富裕,完全体验了这两种感情带给他的生存的意义。

那就是在睡谷的恐惧和在纽约的野心,也是同样的野心促使他向凯璀娜求婚,后来又促使他坐上了编辑和法官的位子。

这种勃勃的野心只有在大城市里才能实现。

在民间传说中的睡谷里不可能实现。

因为这里的村民像空气一样纯洁。

伊克保德不是一个完美的人。

这个知识分子满脑子都是些不合时代的想法。

他的心思都在追求物质上。

这种人只能在腐败的文明中才能产生。

----选自人物的原创与作品的原创---读华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》高庆选(青海师范大学外语系青海西宁810008) The story of Washington Irving…s the legend of sleepy hollow was brought from the ancient folk legends of Germany. Though the story was not originally created by him, by change the setting of he wrote a tale of the culture of American.Throughout Washington Irving…s life, he had traveled to Europe for three times during which he learned the history and culture as well as literature and arts of European countries. His experiences in Europe have tremendous shaped his works. The legend of sleepy hollow was a combination of ancient folk legends and his unique thoughts mainly came from his experiences.An important character in the legend of sleepy hollow is Ichabod Crane, who was act as an instructor for the children of the tranquil sleepy hollow. “The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He 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 most loosely hung together. 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”. He did that job neither out of enjoying getting together with students nor out of liking the quiet place. He was not an original of thehollow, in another words, he is a later comer. Thus, in many aspects, he was different from other people in the place. He was not welcomed among most men, while welcomed by many women, especially by those married women whose husbands are not very gentle. Ichabod Crane was special in the place; his behaviors were not the same as others. Usually, he had to do something to gain favorable Impression to get meals and accommodation in his students‟homes to survive him. In his heart, he desperately long for a rich life, when there occurred an opportunity to married Katrina V an Tassel, the only daughter of a substantial Dutch farmer, he grasp it firmly for that could make a great change of his situation. What frustrated him was his competitor Brom V an Brunt, the hero of the country round defeated him at the end, then married to Katrina V an Tassel. However, Ichabod Crane 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 Y ork.In the story, it is true that Brom V an Brunt was a successor in pursuing Katrina V an Tassel‟s love, but just as the comment above, he was not a hero in readers mind and was not remembered by readers. He may love his girl deeper than Ichabod Crane for his move was deeply related to the girl‟s attitude toward him, and he spared no efforts to demean his rival. He deserved to win his girl‟s love though the methods he used were a little unfair. Moreover, a man like him is more suitable to live in the country. As to Ichabod Crane, he was so abhorrent in that place. His love to Katrina V an Tassel was deep on her father‟s fortune, rather than love come from sincere. What‟s more, his behaviors and thoughts have a sharp difference with others. Thus he was doomed to not integrate into the country. It was suggested that the outside world was better for him from his latter successful experiences in New Y ork City. In the outside world, his ability was applied to the situation where it is needed, his behaviors were accepted by others, and his ambitions were satisfied by his efforts.There was an old saying that when there is a will, there is a way. However, without appropriate environment, a strong will could make nothing different. The example of Ichabod Crane is a strong proof. If he did not leave that sleep hollow that full of residents without any ambitions, he would never live up to his expectation. Once he set himself in a right place, he could gain what he wanted if there was opportunity and endeavors.During the developing period of capitalism, it is inevitable that the value of people under the capitalism rule is sometimes twisty, especially when the value of the capitalism itself has some problems. The value of Ichabod Crane in the story was a product of times. Mostly, it seemed to be unavoidable, it tended to be destined. Many people at that time held the same values as Ichabod Crane, it is also an fact that now a majority have the same faith with Ichabod Crane.。

浅析《睡谷的传说》中男主人公克莱恩的祸与福

缺乏男子气概，但他务实肯干，善于察言观色；他虽然虚伪贪婪，但他敢于付出行动去追求。文中对克莱恩的形象描写是 “又高又瘦，身体各个部位松松散散凑在一起 ”，可见他的相貌是极不讨人喜欢的，但就是这样的他，在小村庄里却深受妇女的好评，因为他善于察言观色。克莱恩作为一个复杂的人物，他的身上体现的是当时美国社会改革的复杂性和挑战性。他原本便不属于这个世外桃源，村庄里的人们虽然生活无忧，但是毫无追求和远大理想。当无头骑士的出现将他的幻想彻底破灭后，他所遭遇的事情会被村里人耻笑，所以他狼狈逃离了。幸运的是，他离开了这个不属于他的地界，这里并不适合克莱恩，他有自己的追求与奋斗目标。理想终究是理想，它总是脱离现实，一切的美好都经不住时间的考验，所以从某种程度上来说，闯人桃花源既是克莱恩的祸也是他的福。
现实的不满。小说首先描绘了一个如世外桃源般幽静的小村庄，
村子里面一直流传着无头骑士的传说，传说中无头骑士
经常会在夜里骑马飞驰寻找自己的头颅。而男主人公克莱恩是一名来自于其他州的教师，他对传说深信不疑，他看上了富家女卡特琳娜，在一次舞会之后，当他独自一人骑马返家时，被无头骑士吓得逃离了村庄，这一切都是他的情敌布鲁姆的恶作剧。结局便是村子里的人们认为他已经死亡，但是实际上并非如此。有人说克莱恩到了纽约开始了一段新的人生，他得到了律师执照并且成为了政客。这是一部隐含讽刺意味的小说，同时也体现了作者对现实社会的逃避和对世外桃源般生活的追求

《睡谷的传说》浅析

堪地逃跑了。
２．人物形象分析２．１无头骑士 “ 无头骑士 ”代表着超自然的神秘力量，妖魔鬼怪在华盛顿・欧文作品中的出现到底代表着什么？基本上，迷信为人们提供着随机应变的方法。无头骑士的出现恰当好处，在伊卡波德命运抉择的关键时刻，他的到来助主人公一臂之力。这种理想化的东西，也许正是因为我们普通人对于很多东西的无能为力。华盛顿・欧文小说中的鬼魅故事令人神往，并不惊悚恐怖。２．２卡特琳娜・凡・塔塞尔卡特琳娜是睡谷中的女性代表，但她的形象并不具有积极意义。卡特琳娜在爱情里精于算计，她将伊卡波德和布鲁姆玩弄于鼓掌之间，是她对伊卡波德的卖弄才叫伊卡波德有了非分之想，又让布鲁姆嫉妒怀恨伊卡波德。她是幸运的，凭借自己的财貌，赢得众多人的亲睐和爱慕，生活在光环之中，是多少人遥盼和幻想的。可是，她又是悲哀的，那些众多追求者中大概有太多都是看中了她的美貌和财富，她是否能拥有纯粹的爱情，我们无从知晓。２＿３布鲁姆・凡・布兰特从布鲁姆战胜情敌、赢得战争的角度讲，他为了 “ 爱情 ”用尽了心思，他是有决心、有毅力、有手段的人，或
者是有谋略的人，他如果不了解伊卡波德的软弱无能，选轻。择了行之有效的手段对付他，他也不会轻易取胜。俗话说，３．欧文创作分析胜者王侯败者寇。但从他装神弄鬼、伤害别人，为达到目欧文笔下的伊卡波德・克莱恩是一位１７世纪典型的的不择手段角度讲，他赢得不光彩，赢得卑鄙，也不够男 “ 绅士 ”，小说在夹杂着轻喜剧的同时赋予了他悲剧的结人。如果他光明磊落地与伊卡波德竞争，那他的胜利定会局。这种手法与莎士比亚的写作方法颇为神似。欧文善于叫人敬仰。捕捉人物在剧情发展中的细节，刻画出了戏剧效果。２．４伊卡波德・克莱思欧文的文风模仿中有创新，有自己独特的风格，其文克莱恩拥有多重性格和矛盾心态，他喜欢幻想，却懦笔清新、自然、诙谐、富于乐感。欧文笔下的《睡谷的传弱无能；他既会有简单的冲动，又能随机应变。说》具有批判性，如《唐・吉柯德》一样具备极为强烈的这一人物是欧文在小说中刻画出的一个比较典型的普讽刺意味，但读者同时又会为主人公的遭遇深感同情。为通人的人物形象。因为贫穷，他对美食充满了欲望；因为此，有人评价欧文的文字是双刃剑，实属当之无愧。单身和贫穷，他对殷实的独生女充满了欲望。在小说中，参考文献：克莱恩受妇女们的亲睐，因为他有文化，多才多艺，而不【１］肖成龙．《睡谷传奇》的艺术魅力 Ⅱ 】＿南方论刊，２００９１：９１．９２．似他们那些粗野的丈夫。然而他也是被歧视、受捉弄的对１象，在欧文笔下，他相貌滑稽，是一个令人同情的可怜人。［２］张继培．华盛顿・欧文的写作风格Ｕ】＿河北联合大他不切实际，贪慕老庄家的财产和女儿的美貌，想要通过学学报（社会科学版），２０１２，０２：１５８ — １６０．婚姻来摆脱贫穷，实则是幻想、妄想之举。作者简介：郝艳青，四川外国语大学研究生。

黑布林英语阅读沉睡谷传奇读后感

黑布林英语阅读沉睡谷传奇读后感I recently had the pleasure of reading the English novel "Sleepy Hollow Legend" by Blackberry. This book tells the story of a younggirl named Katrina who finds herself in the mysterious Sleepy Hollow, a village plagued by a curse. As Katrina delves deeper into the secrets of the town, she uncovers a dark and tragic past that threatens to consume her. The novel is a thrilling mix of mystery, romance, and fantasy that kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end.最近我有幸阅读了黑布林的英语小说《沉睡谷传奇》。

这本书讲述了一个名叫卡特琳娜的年轻女孩，她发现自己身处神秘的沉睡谷，一个被诅咒困扰的村庄。

随着卡特琳娜深入探寻该镇的秘密，她揭开了一个黑暗而悲惨的过去，威胁着吞噬她。

这本小说是一个扣人心弦的谜团、浪漫与幻想的混合体，一直让我紧张兮兮，直到最后。

The author does a fantastic job of creating a vivid and immersive world in "Sleepy Hollow Legend." The descriptions of the town andits inhabitants are rich in detail, painting a picture that is both haunting and beautiful. From the eerie woods to the crumbling oldmansion, every setting in the book feels like it could come to life at any moment. I found myself completely engrossed in the world that Blackberry had created, eagerly turning the pages to see what would happen next.作者在《沉睡谷传奇》中创造了一个生动、沉浸式的世界，描述了镇子和其居民的细节丰富，描绘出一个既令人心悸又美丽的画面。

浅谈华盛顿·欧文在《睡谷传奇》中的浪漫情怀

浅谈华盛顿·欧文在《睡谷传奇》中的浪漫情怀作者：蒋隽来源：《牡丹》2019年第15期浪漫主义文学是一种文学观念，也是一种文学的表达方式。

它的主要特点是在现实的基础上，运用了夸张的修辞、热情奔放的言语以及丰富多彩的想象等表现手法，主要是为了抒发作者对理想世界的追求。

浪漫主义文学起源于18世纪末，真正繁荣是在19世纪末期，它是对文艺复兴时期人文主义的继承和延伸。

本文以小说《睡谷传奇》为例，解析了华盛顿·欧文的浪漫主义情怀。

《睡谷传奇》是华盛顿·欧文的代表作品之一。

小说主要描绘了一幅美国成立之初和平宁静的乡村生活图景，充满了浪漫主义情怀。

最后睡谷回归平静的结局，让整个作品呈现迷人的色彩，也让读者回味无穷。

一、华盛顿·欧文华盛顿·欧文被称为“美国文学之父”，是19世纪最著名的美国作家，他向往田园生活，最爱写短篇小说和随笔，非常喜欢关注一些奇闻怪事和穷乡僻壤的风俗。

他的作品大多以英国为写作背景，有些是描写英国风俗习惯的随笔，有些是充满浪主义的传说。

二、浪漫主义18世纪末至19世纪初，欧洲频繁发生革命和战争，当时社会动荡不安，政治十分黑暗。

人们发现，法国大革命后确立的资本主义制度根本没有一些启蒙思想家描绘的那样美好，一些知识分子开始对启蒙思想家所提出来的“理性王国”感到失望，他们开始寻找新的感情寄托，把对社会的各种希望寄托在文学创作领域，于是产生了浪漫主义文学。

从社会发展和历史角度分析，浪漫主义思潮是法国大革命催生的。

法国大革命中出现了新的思想，其主张个人平等自由，这后来也成为浪漫主义的核心思想。

在浪漫主义文学中，作家往往把他们内心的痛苦、郁郁不得志的情感表现在人物的情感状态和行动之中。

浪漫主义文学对西方文学的影响是不容置疑的，浪漫主义创作强调自由，还有一些浪漫主义作者重视对民歌、童话故事等民间故事的搜集，在一定程度上发扬了西方文学的民族传统。

他们搜集的这些资料也丰富了西方文学的表现手法，为现代文学奠定了一定的基础。

睡谷传奇_女主性格特点分析

Women in the valley all like Ichabod, including Katrina. “The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importan ce in the female circle of a rural neighborhood.” Women love him for he is nothing like the country boys, whose characteristics are too familiar to them to adore. Women like him not because of his manhood, but of his “superiority” to common country boys.
Katrina Van Tassel
the daughter and only child of Baltus Van Tassel, a successful Dutch farmer in the valley. a beautiful young woman of eighteen, one of Ichabod’s students.
The first description of Katrina makes her a commodity, like a food to be consumed: she is “plump as a partridg
e” and “ripe and melting and rosy cheeked as one of her father’s peaches.”
Ichabod is quickly taken in by her flirtatious char ms, but it is when he firs t visits her father’s abun dant farm that he consid ers himself truly in love with her, or at least her l ikely inheritance.

The-Legend-of-Sleepy-Hollow剖析讲课教案

• The protagonist’s physical features:
• He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands…………or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield.( P70. paragraph2.line9)
hold(p72, paragraph2)
Personification:
• Every window and crevice of which……were enjoying the sunshine on the roof.(P77)
• Contrast: • Thus while the busy dame bustled……，that
• 他身材高，而非常瘦，狭窄的肩膀，长臂长腿，一双手吊在袖子外面一里之遥，脚可以用来做铲子，全身骨骼都是极松弛地连在一起，吊儿郎当。他的头很小，头顶平坦ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ耳朵非常大，绿玻璃似的大眼睛，鷸鸟喙似的长鼻子，因此他的头像一只风信鸡，高栖在他细长的颈项上，彷佛在那裏辨别风向。在台大风的日子，你如果看见他大踏步在小山的侧面上走著，他的衣服被风吹得膨胀起来，在他周身上下飘舞著，你也许会把他当作旱魃下降世间，或是田野裏逃出来的一个稻草人。
• Ⅱ、The writer’s language:
• 1.1、Gothic style • 1.2、Humorous • 1.3、Satire • 1.4、Rhetoric devices
• Ⅲ、References
The protagonist of this story:
• The protagonist of this story is Ichabod Crane(伊奇博德·克瑞恩)

睡谷的传说.ppt2分析解析

• 晚会后他独自骑马回家，在小河边同无头骑
士相遇，被那骑士用手中拿着的头打昏倒地。从此伊卡包德再也没有露面。次日人们在桥头发现了他的帽子和一个碎得稀烂的南瓜，以为他已死去。几年后，一个到过纽约的老农说，伊卡包德还活着。而布鲁姆在伊卡包德失踪后不久就和卡塔琳娜结了婚。每当人们提起那个南瓜的事，他就捧腹大笑，使人不能不怀疑他同那件事有瓜葛。
• 浪漫主义的特点道德热情个人主义和直觉感知的价值一个假定的自然世界是善良和人类社会的来源，腐败的根源
Brief introduction
◆Characters人物 Katrina
love
married
ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้
Ichabod Crane
rival in love
Brom Bones
◆Place
Tarry Town (塔里镇） Connecticut（康涅狄格州）
Appreciation(2)
Irving vividly describes the Ichabod’s appearance and his inner world. Although Ichabod looks funny, feudal superstition, and be greedy for money, but not disgusting. Ichabod looks funny needless to say, even the riding position also makes us laugh. Irving’s writing fully reflects his humorous writing style . 欧文生动描述了伊卡博德的外表和他的内心世界。虽然他看起来很滑稽，封建迷信，和对金钱的贪婪，但不讨厌。他看起来很滑稽，不用说，即使是骑马的位置也使我们发笑。欧文的作品充分体现了他幽默的写作风格。

关于睡谷传奇的评论

睡谷传奇的艺术魅力浪漫的表现手法《睡谷传奇》是在英国小说家司各特的启迪下创作的，深受浪漫主义的熏陶。

在作品中，欧文把情感倾注于对英格兰怀旧式描述中，他赞扬乡村和自然，对自然与文学的天然关系表示出由衷的敬佩。

欧文写故事时，就像一位热心而博学的导游，耐心引领读者，告诉游客关于当地的地理、历史、传说、风俗，其中夹杂着他本人幽默睿智的评论。

《睡谷传奇》中宛如仙境的自然描写，给小说罩上了一层浓浓的神秘色彩。

这些梦幻般的自然场景，不仅是故事发生的背景，更是故事情节的一个重要部分，在烘托气氛、推动情节发展、反映人物心情等方面都发挥着重要作用。

在故事的开头，有一段对沉睡谷的描写，作者还通过克莱恩的眼睛描述了夕阳下的哈德逊河的壮观场景。

欧文使用绘油画的手法，把夕阳下的美景展现在读者面前。

这里随着视线的由远及近的变换，可以看到大自然魔术般变幻的色彩。

大自然的勃勃生机表现为宁静壮阔的美，使读者身临其境、留连忘返。

作者在字里行间流露出对大自然深深的眷恋，同时为故事的发展铺垫了轻松的气氛。

同时，景色描写还有效推动情节发展。

为了制造恐怖的气氛，作者把夜晚塑造得异常阴森。

在故事开头，宁静的睡谷里有各种巫术仪式、离奇的传说和奇幻的景象；教堂下山谷下汹涌幽暗的河流、被大树浓荫遮蔽的路和桥、以及发生在这里的无头骑士的传说，都为故事发展作出了充分的铺垫。

故事中的景色还随着主人公克莱恩心情的变换而发生神奇的变化。

“一切景语皆情语”，景色不再客观无情，而是染上了浓烈的主观色彩，承载着克莱恩深刻的感情。

幽默风趣的语言作者在《睡谷传奇》幽默风趣的语言，无处不在的揶揄搞笑也使得读者常常忍俊不禁。

文中幽默风趣的语言首先表现在奇特的比喻上。

作者还使用夸张手法，增加幽默效果。

不容他人阻碍他的爱情的布鲁姆，性子比暴烈的阿喀琉斯更甚。

阿喀琉斯是《伊利亚特》中的英雄，由于统帅阿加门农把已经许给他的战利品——他所深爱的一个美丽女孩送走了。

这种夸张手法增加了布鲁姆在克莱恩心目中的威摄力。

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The End:
• “Brom Bones, too, who, shortly after his rival„s disappearance conducted the blooming Katrina in triumph to the altar, was observed to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related, and always burst into a hearty laugh at the mention of the pumpkin; which led some to suspect that he knew more about the matter than he chose to tell.”（P42）
“一个难以对付，四处吼叫。横行霸道的恶少年…… 布鲁姆是这村庄的英雄，以力大鲁莽和傲慢而臭名昭著。”他也是‘一个既滑稽又傲慢’的人物。他有 “一种可笑与傲慢混杂的气质”而且“总是要么打架斗殴要么狂欢聚会”但是，他的所作所为更多的是一种淘气而不是恶意伤人。”他骑术高超。“他是最优秀的赛手和斗鸡手”。“每当在附近发生疯狂的恶作剧和村里的殴斗。村民们总是摇摇头，敢保证又是他指使干的。”‘碘型的开拓者形象就是趾高气扬的自吹自擂者、出色的猎手和强壮的男人、胆量过人的恶作剧制造者。这种开拓者的形象早已在口头传说中建立起来了。欧文只是给口头传说中的人物的性格增添了新内容。布鲁姆・波尼就是欧文塑造的现实中的荷兰开拓者。虽然他与美国本土民间传统中的人物相冲突，但他吻合和超越了一个传统意义上的美国佬。
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Summary：
The Characteristic of Brom Bones
In the story, it is true that Brom Van Brunt was a successor in pursuing Katrina’s love, but just as the comment above, he was not a hero in readers mind and was not remembered by readers. He may love the girl deeper than Ichabod Crane for his movement was deeply related to the girl’s attitude toward him, and he spared no efforts to demean his rival. He deserved to win his girl’s love though the methods he used were a little unfair. Moreover, a man like him is more suitable to live in the country.
Brom Bones: ●He is another man
interested in Katrina. ●He is the exact opposite of Ichabod: strong, handsome, outgoing and rugged. ●He is known for his horseman skills.
Katrina Van Tassel
The only daughter of a rich farmer, the one Ichabod loves
பைடு நூலகம்
Brom Bones A strong young man, a hero to all the young ladies. Finally,he married Katrina.
• “Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers.” (P29) • “…while Brom Bones, sorely smitten with love and jealousy, sat brooding by himself in one corner.” (P29) • It shows Brom Bones‟ great jealousy to his rival.
Ichabod Crane
The 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.
Excerpt of the Character Brom Bones
“Brom Van Brunt, the hero of the country round which rang with his feats of strength and hardihood. He was broadshouldered and double-jointed, with short curly black hair, and a bluff but not unpleasant countenance, having a mingled air of fun and arrogance. From his Herculean frame and great powers of limb he had received the nickname of BROM BONES, by which he was universally known. He was famed for great knowledge and skill in horsemanship, being as dexterous on horseback as a Tartar. He was foremost at all races and cock fights; and, with the ascendancy which bodily strength always acquires in rustic life, was the umpire in all disputes, setting his hat on one side, and giving his decisions with an air and tone that admitted of no gainsay or appeal. 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. ”（P17）
Question:
• Who is the headless man? • Why?
Who is the Headless Horseman? Brom Bones
“the head, which should have rested on his shoulder, was carried before him on the pommel of the saddle” (P38) ●“…was found . . . a shattered pumpkin” (P40) ●“Brom Bones . . . was observed to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related, and always burst into hearty laugh at the mention of the pumpkin, which led some to suspect that he knew more about the matter than he chose to tell” (P42)
• “Brom, who had a degree of rough chivalry in his nature, would fain have carried matters to open warfare and have settled their pretensions to the lady, according to the mode of those most concise and simple reasoners, the knightserrant of yore, by single combat” (P21) • It shows his way to flatter the lady.