Journal 59: A Change of Heart

The Romanticist is different from the realist because from the words themselves, we see that the romanticists romanticize situations and heroes so that the heroes seems like invulnerable, strong, brave, and without flaw, and can achieve all possibilities. The realist however, tends to show both the good sides and the bad sides about human. Human are obviously flawed and realists tend to, with a hint of virtue, highlight the vice in human being, whether it is cowardliness or deceptiveness. In a romanticist work of art or literature, the hero, or main character portrayed is usually one of glowing light with a halo and all virtues one can possibly think of. Courage, strength, will to sacrifice for the greater good. However, in a realist work, the main character or hero might still do heroic deed or have heroic qualities like the ones in the work of a romanticist, but the hero would also be presented with human vice. This would allow different readers to interpret the hero in different ways so as to characterize the hero as a hero because of heroic qualities or heroic deeds or one can also characterize the hero in a way that he is nothing but a character that experience normal human dilemma and is troubled by human vice.