Monday, November 10, 2014

Romanticism: What Is It?

How does this story capture the imagination of readers today?

The story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Captures the imaginations of readers by providing many interesting twists and turns and also leaving it vague enough for the readers visualization skills to really need to take effect. There is just the right amount of wistful emotional values and denial that sets a great feel for the Romanticism title to take full swing.

 How is this song about escaping the physical conditions of slavery? How is this song about religious hope and faith? How is this song reflective of its time period? How does it relate to today?

The song "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" is relating to the physical conditions of slavery, by that its about a worker that sees a chariot coming and is hopeful that its coming to take her back to where she belongs. It shows religious hope and faith when it says that the band of angles are coming to take her home, making it seem as if she knew all along that no matter what occurred, the angled would come to the rescue and save her. This song is a reactant of that time period because it shows the sheer wonder that would fill the hearts of those around when they saw that the wondrous band of angles where coming for them. It relates to today as in when we are in a situation that we wish to be saved from, we see the simplest things as a gift from above. 

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