Icabod Crane represents the philosophical view of romanticism and Brom Bones is representative to rationalism. Icabod’s character represents an emphasis on imagination, emotions, and nature. He has a strong interest in supernatural stories, which causes him to be apprehensive. Despite Crane having a formal education and large knowledge from being a school teacher, he feels that there is another realm outside of a rationalism (romanticism). The fears which are felt in “The Legend of Sleeping Hollow” by Icabod are from his great imagination and this causes him to feel strong emotions of fear and terror. In as sense of nature, we also observe that due to the ghost story readings he becomes easily gullible and scared by events around him. On the
