Women In The Legends Of Sleepy Hollow

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During this era of writing, most of the writers were men and most of the readers were men. Women were seen in a few different lights. For example girls were given freedoms to marry who they wanted and were able to make their own decisions. For example Katrina in The Legends of Sleepy Hollow was given the power to choose who she wanted to marry. However women weren’t given those decisions once they were married and given their tasks. For example Katrina’s mother kept to her work silently and was given no other freedoms. Women were also seen as the enemy and being married meant nothing when it came to love. Washington Irving's short stories classified women as objects along with the teachings that women are the enemies and they are things the …show more content…
As mentioned before, Brom went through thick and thin to win over the one lady he wanted. But did Brom really love her? Throughout most of the story, Katrina was focusing on Ichabod and spending most of her time with Ichabod despite the embarrassing events that did take place. Katrina was arguably one of the most beautiful and richest girl in the town. Brom, being a strong “perfect” man, could not resist not having Katrina despite the fact that he barely knew Katrina. Also, in Irving’s Devil and Tom Walker, Tom was barely affected when he found out his wife was dead. "Tom consoled himself for the loss of his property, with the loss of his wife, for he was a man of fortitude. He even felt something like gratitude toward the black woodsman, who, he considered, had done him a kindness.” Tom didn’t have immense feelings of love towards his wife considering that when she died he felt like it was an act of kindness done by the devil for him. Tom’s cheating, secretive wife meant nothing more to Tom as something to have. Along with Rip, he didn’t seem to be heartbroken when the town told him that his wife had also died. Rip was more happy to hear about his dog Wolf returning to the town safely. With the reactions of the characters and the conclusions the readers can come to, Washington Irving’s view on women is negative in that they are an object to have rather than a person to
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