Wednesday, November 12, 2014

   The Legend Of Sleepy Hallow

    The Legend Of Sleepy Hallow catches the readers attention because at the very beginning it sways into what the story will mostly be about. Like, "In the bosom.." and "The dominate spirit that haunts.." This story goes into full detail. The author describes emotions, tone and then he goes into a higher depth about what the story will even be about and he makes sure the readers
gets the whole concept of  what the author is even talking about. The story catches the eye of the
reader also, because it has a dark and gloomy part to the whole story, but behind it all its like a whole other way of making the "Headless Horseman" pop to the reader. After all the Headless   horseman is the main focus. "A most heretical disbeliever in ghosts, how he met the horseman  returning from his foray into Sleepy Hollow, and was obliged to get up behind him.." This quote tells us about the natural spirit and what The Headless Horseman does to the other characters in the story who play along. This Story catches your eye on every stanza because it brings your  attention on everything.

         


             Swing Low, Sweet Chariot  
     
 This song is escaping the physical conditions of slavery because in the line, "A band of angels
 coming after me.." its like the slaves are ready for the day that they go to heaven with all of their friends and family. They wont have to hurt anymore and feel pain from all the work that they've  had to do. The song is religious about faith and hope because the whole song is talking about going to heaven and "If you get there before I do" and "But still my soul feels heavenly bound..  it shows us the happy feeling and relief a person has because they know that when you get to  heaven you will be free and God will be there with you. The slaves that got punished and hurt will no longer go through that anymore. They're safe. This song is very reflected to this time period because today we know the history of what slavery was like and what people did to the blacks. It wasn't fair. We see how much pain they were in and this song just sends a sensation of sadness through your body. It tells us the emotion that these slaves felt.   

2 comments:

  1. watch your use of 'you' and it would be 'every line' not 'every stanza'. good use of quotes.

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