Romanticism

Legends Of Sleepy Hollow 
The story of Sleep Hollow captures our imagination by allowing us to use our own ideas to end the story.  At the end of "Legends Of Sleepy Hollow" the author leaves out what actually happened to Ichabod Crane after he encounters the Headless Horseman. The author does put in the thoughts and ideas of the community but he never actually states the true events of what happened to Ichabod. The author wants your imagination to run free. He wants you to decide what actually happened to Ichabod Crane. "The mysterious event caused much speculation at the church on the following Sunday."(Irving 13). This quote makes you think that there are many ideas about what truly happened to Ichabod Crane.





Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
The song "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is about escaping the physical conditions of slavery because is says, "But still I know I'm heavenly bound." The song takes the slaves' mind off of slavery and it makes them think about their Heavenly home. The song makes them stop thinking about how horrible their life is now and makes them think about how wonderful their life will be once they get to their true home. This song is reflective of it's time period because back then, just about everyone was religious; especially the slaves. But in today's society not as many people are religious, even if you live in the Bible Belt. But, this song is applicable to today's society because it still shows that no matter what you are going through there is always a bright side to your situation and there is always someone who has it worse than you.