research paper emily dickinson theme of death and immortality

Althermani 1

Althermani 2

Noof Fahed Althermani - 1801353

Dr. Afnan Fatani

Language and Computer - Lane 603

Assignment 2

March 11, 2019

In this assignment I used the AntConc program 3.5.8 edition to do the concordance lists. It was available for free. I used the text of the American short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving. I converted the text to txt form. I opened the text in the program following these steps:

The result is:

Concordance of great:

1 to be the ghost of a Hessian

2 haunted by the ghost of the unfortunate

3 there of escaping ghost or goblin, if

4 the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to

5 scenes of the ghost stories had been

6 give up the ghost, with the idea

Concordance of midnight:

1 Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing

2 for this strange midnight companion, and beth

3 dead hush of midnight, he could even

4 overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he

5 the farmhouses at midnight, with whoop and

Concordance of dark:

1 the night was dark and dismal, yet

2 it alone after dark. As he approached

3 , that haunted the dark glen at Raven

4 depth to the dark gray and purple

5 footed chairs and dark mahogany tables sho

6 Ichabod. In the dark shadow of the

7 talk in the dark, the countenances o

Concordance of haunts:

1 the wind. His haunts are not confined

2 of the favorite haunts of the Headless

3 irit, however, that haunts this enchanted regi

Conclusion:

Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is considered as a gothic story by many critics. The output of the program used here supports this claim. The occurrence of the words ghost six times, midnight five times, dark seven times, and haunts three times fulfills the gothic theme of the story. by using these words Irving illustrates the two most important elements of the gothic style which are the use of supernatural, and the dark atmosphere symbolizing a fear of unknown.