Ichabod Crane's Self-Intuition In 'Sleepy Hollow'

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American romanticism focuses on the supernatural, literature, philosophy, art, religion, politics, and nature. American romanticism was created after the Age of Reason between 1800-1865. In the movie, “Sleepy Hollow”, there was a lot of of American romanticism in the movie. For instance, romanticism in the movie are pertaining to a supernatural spirit, nature, and self-intuition. Ichabod Crane was a hero in more than one time in the movie because he used his self-intuition. Tim Burton demonstrates self-intuition in the movie “Sleepy Hollow” in a variety of different ways. Ichabod Crane used his self-intuition in the movie “Sleepy Hollow” by using it to help make decisions about what is wrong or right. In the beginning of the movie, he

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