超星 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow(Found Among the Papers of the Late Diedrich Knickerbocker.)1

A. This parenthetical aside introduces the narrator: a fictional Dutch historian named Diedrich Knickerbocker, whose stories are collected and presented by Geoffrey Crayon, a fictional stand-in for Washington Irving. As the story progresses it becomes clear that Knickerbocker’s narrative is drawn from the tales of another storyteller. Therefore, we can say that “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a story with multiple layers of narration. This chain of telling and retelling represents the way legends develop by word of mouth over long periods of time.
B. To suggest the value of the story.

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In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators theTappan Zee 2,

A. From the Dutch wordzeemeaning sea and after a local Native American tribe (the Tappan), the “Tappan Zee” refers to a point of widening of the Hudson River in southern New York. Tarrytown is situated near the modern-day Tappan Zee bridge.
B. the first governor of Boston.

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and where they always prudently shortened sail and imploredthe protection of St. Nicholas 3 when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port,

A. Jesus in the Colonial America.
B. Prayers to the Christian St. Nicholas are thought to offer protection to sailors, especially those who are making difficult voyages. As a widened section of river, the Tappan Zee is especially unpredictable and dangerous.

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