Hello, students!
For homework, please respond to the following questions:
The Headless Horseman, though spoken of a great deal, does not actually appear in the story until the very end. In fact, he has a relatively small active role within the text. Based on the film versions shown in class and other adaptations you have seen, why do you think the focus is on the Headless Horseman in modern portrayals of the text?
Irving's version of horror compared to our own modern versions is very different. How has the horror genre morphed from his day to ours?
Horror useta be more suspenzful. Now it just gorey with lotsa blood and stuff. that's y irving left the horseman to the end but today we want to c the story from his point a view.
ReplyDeleteThe focus is on the Headless Horseman because it is the climax of the story. The reader keeps looking for a Headless Horsemen and yet it leaves the reader in suspense waiting.
ReplyDeleteLike Elizabeth said, horror is very gorey now with the Saw movies. That's not horror--it's just gross. It's not even scary.
The Headless Horseman is scary! That's why it is the focus in the movie version. In the story version, it's a scarier knowing that there is something horrible out there just waiting to appear, but in the movie, having the actual Headless Horseman play a larger role, it gets the audience more into the story. All horror movies now seem to latch onto the gory aspect rather than thrill and mystery. People want to be entertained, rather then have to solve something.
ReplyDeleteBecause everything else is BORING. When we want to see something scary, we aren't looking to watch someone figure out a mystery (if I wanted to see that, I'd watch CSI reruns all day). People want to see the monster, and the Headless Horseman is the only thing that really does the job for a movie version.
ReplyDeleteDude! Ms. Morgan! Come on! We gota have the action! All that other junk makes us wana sleep or put our headphones in and listen to our ipods! This story would totally suck if we didn't see the grooooss Headless Horseman early on! I think the genre has probably changed 'cuz we have to stay up with the times. I don't care about that man's life or what's happening... I want to see where all the fear is coming from!
ReplyDeleteBecause he is creepy and that is what we want to see. Focusing on the headless horseman builds suspense and drives the story.
ReplyDeleteI love the story about the headless horeman because it is suspenseful and strikes terror in the reader. But more importantly, this story creates fear without being gorey.
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