authors
The author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and ""The Devil and Tom Walker".
Washington Irving
Written by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Masque of the Red Death"
"The Raven"
"The Black Cat"
Short horror story where the main character, Ichabod Crane, moves and begins teaching at a schoolhouse ut later on falls in love with a girl. A tragic, yet mysterious, death occurs.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.
A character who experienced secret sin and became overwhelmed with the feeling to the point where he decided to cover his entire face with a black veil.
Parson Hooper
Inuenced by European writing techniques and figurative language.
Washington Irving
Author of "The Minister's Black Veil A Parable"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Minister's Black Veil A Parable
A story in which the author is trying to teach how living in simplicity is better for a person because all they really need are basic necessities.
Economy by Henry David Thoreau
A character who worked at a schoolhouse, was considered an "outsider", fell in love with Katrina Van Tassel, was involved in a love triangle, rides through an empty trail, and disappears. Said to of been killed by the headless horseman ghost.
Ichabod Crane
Influenced by his theological and classical education as well as nature and the individuality of a person.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author of "Self-Reliance".
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Written by Washington Irving
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
"The Devil and Tom Walker"
A story where the author is trying to teach that there is significance in individuality and that a person shouldn't feel as though they have to fit into society.
Self-Reliance by Raph Waldo Emerson
A higher-class character who lived in a palace during the times of a deadly disease and invited other people of the high class to isolate themselves there with him. Was considered selfish and ended up being killed by the deadly disease.
Prince Prospero
Many people in his life passed away from tuberculosis, which had a part in his stories.
Edgar Allen Poe
The central figure of American Romanticism who created the detective and science fiction genre and was able to earn enough money from writing stories such as, "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Raven", and "The Black Cat".
Edgar Allen Poe
Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-Reliance
A story that is made to represent how the author felt a deep connection with nature while also discussing the importance of working to improve someone spiritually.
The Bean Field by Henry David Thoreau.
A character who starts off as greedy and selfish, especially when it comes to money, until he comes across the devil who makes a deal with him. This character no longer wants the deal towards the end of the story but there is nothing he can do to get out of it. He ends up dead.
Tom Walker
Was influenced by his childhood in Salem, puritan family background, belief in devil, and belieff in predestination.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of "Economy", "Where I Lived and What I Lived For", "Solitude", "The Bean Field", "Brute neighbors", and "Conclusion".
Henry David Thoreau
Written by Henry David Thoreau
"Economy"
"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"
"Solitude"
"The Bean Field"
"Brute neighbors"
"Conclusion".
A story meant to symbolize the connection between oneself and the nature that surrounds them, such as animals. Also, how arguments or fights may seem big but life is bigger.
Brute Neighbors by Henry David Thoreau.
The rival of Ichabod Crane in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". He is in competition with Ichabod Crane to win the love of Katrina Van Tassel.
Brom Van Brunt (Brom Bones)
Henry David Thoreau