What is the characterisation of Ichabod Crane in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? What is the characterization of Ichabod Crane in "The Legend of Sleepy...

Authors
achievethrough many techniques. Some
among them include:

• , in
  which the narrator
  describes the character's personality
• physical
  
  characterization, such as the character's look and manner


• interactions with
  other characters
• name
  symbolism

In
"," Irving uses name symbolism
for Ichabod Crane.  The name Ichabod means
"inglorious" in Hebrew, and a
crane is a long-legged and long-necked bird.  Both apply
to the character, as
Ichabod Crane is described as "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." He also leaves
Sleepy Hollow ignominiously.

Crane is described comically as having a
voracious appetite: "he was a huge
feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of an
anaconda."  He is
characterized as greedy, and once he realizes the wealth and bounty

of...