What is the predominant theme of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

One of the
great works of American , "" is a classic tale of the conflicts of City versus
Country and brains vs. brawns.  Another predominant theme is that of Imagination.

City versus Country

With the new
frontier of America, it was expected that the view of the city as corrupt and ugly against the
beauty of the vast expanses of countryside would predominate.

Ichabod Crane,
a native of Conneticut "tarried" in Sleepy Hollow in order to be a school teacher for
the children.  With his narrow shoulders, long arms and legs and spindle neck on which a small
head sits, Crane is in sharp contrast to the robust woodsmen of the area.  His rival for the
love of Katrina Van Tassel is Brom...