" I have in my coop a little black hen that gives me a lot of trouble. It never roosts with the others, seldom cackles, and wouldn't lay for all the wheat Old Man Pierriche harvests on Sunday. Sometimes I feel like bleeding her; there is something suspicious about it.".
Irving's story revolves around a post-Dutch community living in a little valley by the name of Sleepy Hollow (we could again point to the air of authenticity present in the narrative by observing the fact that the valley is very precisely geographically located). The place is described as "drowsy" and "dreamy" and it is stated that the "populations, manners, and customs, remained fixed, while the great torrent of emigration and improvement sweeps by them unobserved". As in his famous short story "Rip Van Winkle", Irving incorporates his conviction into the story that historical changes are not so sweeping as some people believe them to be. In this case, we encounter a community that sticks to old beliefs and superstitions very much. These beliefs are the heritage of the Puritan past of the country. As a matter of fact, this feature of the narrative is one of its most important aspects as I have already stated earlier on. In his work, Irving was trying to come to terms with the American past as well as to show the differences between the American and English societies. He proves himself not to be only far-attached from the Puritan concept of the world but also to ridicule it and illustrate its bad effects on the characters which is chiefly the case in the representation of Ichabod Crane's personality. .
The people are under the spell of this quiet place and therefore grow exceedingly imaginative in shaping legends and tales about its history. History is thus directly connected with legends and facts real and facts imagined merge and intermingle. Through the content of the stories as well as the way they are narrated it is shown that the people are still very much connected with their European descent.
The Work-Out sessions were to be two-to-three day events held off-site and involved between fifty and one-hundred employees from all levels and functions of a business. ... He wanted the fitness center to provide an informal place where employees of all levels and functions could communicate with one another. ... Welch is a business legend and has paved a new road for business leaders everywhere. ...
It is believed that King Lear is an expansion of a British legend. ... Shakespeare utilized this British legend to create what is arguably one of the greatest tragedies of all time. Shakespeare took this British legend and conceptualized it to fit his audience. ... The Fool is able to speak out against madness because of his function in Lear's court. ... The Fool functions quite admirably as a teacher throughout the play. ...
Longfellow captured this exciting legend that will remain forever in American history through his use of time, good and evil, and patriotism. ... "Longfellow's inclusion of the date in the third line serves a similar rhetorical function. ... Longfellow knew that in order to make Paul Revere a patriotic legend, he would have to present an image to the reader that ignited a flame of patriotism. ... Longfellow's ability to capture the sense of patriotism in his readers helped make Paul Revere the legend he is today. In conclusion, Longfellow used the themes of time, good and evil...
Original legends however tell that the bag was full of candy. ... Chinese legend traces this statue to a monk who lived and traveled in the 10th century, that the candies he carried in the cloth, he use to pass them to children. ... The Chinese also refer to the laughing Buddha as Pu-Tai, which is the original name of the priest who sparked the legend. ... Most Buddha images created for the religious functions are different from the laughing Buddha. ... They are making this Buddha statues do certain functions and also beautify them in a better way to suit their French market....
In addition to the effects music has on individuals, it has an important role to play in the functioning of society and has had for many thousands of years. ... In most cultures, music has functions beyond those of providing entertainment and enjoyment through aesthetic experience for the individual. It serves to assist in the process of increasing communication and enabling people to function together more effectively. ... Music plays a role in most of our social institutions and religious rituals, for instance, birthdays, weddings and funerals, competitive sporting events, military functions...
There are some aspects of an image that we think of as non-representational, actually function as symbolic signs and often carry connotative meanings; for example pink for femaleness and black for evil. ... Even though the public rarely dwells on the plaudits of yesteryear, her name and images remains undiminished, turning her unprecedented life, into an everlasting legend....
Baseball Hall of fame and museum, which is in Cooperstown, NY, has a great legend which is Baby Ruth one of the most important players among the Baseball's history, meanwhile there are some people who want to seem like him. ... It is important to emphasize that the only function of the Hall's staff is to process the nominations when they arrive and to coordinate the annual meeting. ... However The Pro Football Hall of Fame is not just a reward for every player who had achieved a record, is more than that because it is where everyone left their dreams for become a legend. ...
One thing that is safe to say is that it has a function; considering the large amount of time that organisms spend on it, if it was not adaptive, it would not survive through evolution. As for what kind of function it serves, there is still no definite answer (Pinel 1999 [Rechtschaffan 1998]). ... There have also been studies of polyphasic sleep " sleeping many times each day for short duration instead of a long, continuous sleep, inspirited by the legend of Leonardo da Vinci, of how he napped 15 minutes each 4 hours each day. Surprisingly this legend was replicable (Stampi 1992); which s...
One thing that is safe to say is that it has a function; considering the large amount of time that organisms spend on it, if it was not adaptive, it would not survive through evolution. As for what kind of function it serves, there is still no definite answer (Pinel 1999 [Rechtschaffan 1998]). ... There have also been studies of polyphasic sleep " sleeping many times each day for short duration instead of a long, continuous sleep, inspirited by the legend of Leonardo da Vinci, of how he napped 15 minutes each 4 hours each day. Surprisingly this legend was replicable (Stampi 1992); which s...
