However, in the film, Ichabod is shown as a well-built man with brown, wavy hair. He has a pale and hollow face. In Irving’s version, Ichabod is a schoolteacher, but his occupation doesn’t pay very well. He lives with his pupils, as he cannot afford a home. Proof of this occurs when Irving states that, “With these he lived successfully a week at a time; thus going rounds of the neighborhood, with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief,” (Irving 10). His profession influences his beliefs. In the short story, as a well-read teacher, Ichabod becomes fascinated by the stories about the supernatural. The author mentions that, “His appetite for the marvelous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary; and both had been increased by his residence in this spellbound region. No tale was too gross or …show more content…
In a few months, we will be living in the nineteenth century. But our courts continue to rely on medieval devices of torture.' 'Stand down.' 'I stand up for sense and justice.' " (Burton 1999) Ichabod is a flat character in the original version because his character does not develop. However, in Tim Burton's movie, Ichabod is a round character because he learns from his experiences. He is influenced by his visit to Sleepy Hollow because this investigation teaches him that that there isn't a scientific explanation for everything and that whether or not you understand something you can still believe in it. Katrina Van Tassel is another character who is presented differently in the short story and movie. In the short story version, she is aware of her beauty and seems to use it to her advantage. She is described to be: a blooming lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy cheeked as one of her father’s peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast expectations. She was withal a little of a coquette, as might be