How is the story " The Devil and Tom Walker" an example of Romanticism? Need 3 reasons why its an example of romanticism.

Romanticism
was a movement in the arts that began as a revolt against the scientific rationalism after the
Industrial Revolution.  Possessed of a distrust of industry and the city life,
Romanticism encouraged the use of intuition, imagination, and emotion as superior to reason;
Romanticists felt that contemplation of the natural world is a means of discovering the truth
that lies behind mere reality.  In addition, the Romantics fostered an interest in the more
"natural past" and in the supernatural.

In the story of the
Romantic, , "," there is clearly evidence of elements of Romanticism.  One prominent
element is

THE SUPERNATURAL

• The main plotline
  revolves around the bargains ofwith 's wife and Tom himself.  In fact, this story has been
  referred to as the "comic New England Faust."

NATURE,
AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY AND INDUSTRY, AS A SOURCE OF TRUTH

• The
  moral lesson of the story that greed is evil evolves from the narrative of Tom Walker in a rural
  area.  For example, even though he becomes rich, Tom is so stingy that he still does not
  properly feed his horses.
• The beautiful natural landscape of New
  England with its bluffs is the setting for the preternatural experiences of Irving's
  narrative.

EMOTION AS SUPERIOR TO REASON

• Tom Walker loses his life because he tries to outwit the devil.  Had he had
  love (true emotion) for his wife and his fellow-men, he might not have met the end that he has
  from his greed and hypocrisy.