Thursday, July 2, 2015

What is an example of allusion in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?"

The
narrator mentions that the town of Sleepy Hollow is quiet and it seems to be isolated, not
affected by the developments in the rest of the country. It paints a picture of Sleepy Hollow as
a town by itself, almost as if it is in another world. This helps to establish its own culture
and the narrator adds that the town's inhabitants are superstitious: 


The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and
twilight superstitions: stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any
other part...

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