Realistically Romantic or Romantically Realistic
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Realistically Romantic or Romantically Realistic
Romanticism and realism are two very different styles of writing. Just hearing the words romanticism and realism creates an image of great difference in the varying styles. Romantic is the root word of romanticism. Love, beauty, spirits, symbolism, nature, and the human psyche are all involved in romantic writing. Real is the root word of realism. Realism emphasizes on fact. Vivid images, societal stories and physical surroundings depict the story in realist's style of writing. Romanticism is portrayed in Hawthorne's short story Young Goodman Brown. Realism is evident in Stephen Crane's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. While Romantics and Realists will both tell of the realities of life, the Romantics tendency to use symbols to represent the different aspects of the story forces the reader to be alert to the connections being suggested while Realists throw the coldhearted facts in your face, open your eyes to the world's realities, some of which are quite horrible...