Apart from the cultural influences, the regional contrast of the main character and Sleepy Hollow causes the major difference in the story. This is seen in the main character Ichabod Crane, who can be related to the Yankee and his enemy Brom Bones, who personifies the Dutch from New York (Ringe 1). ... Irving wrote the characters based on the stereotypes associated with the Dutch and Yankees, of the time, in this story. ... Specifically, because they know that Brom Bones is given to midnight trickery, they might have reason to be suspicious of ghostly intervention, whereas Ichabod is disposed,...

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