The Gothic Cinderella Romanticism: a form of literature that tells about the unusual and adventurous aspects of life, with particular freedom of form and expression. Fairytales, like Cinderella, accurately define the ideals of romanticism. In romanticism, the protagonists, always end up "happily ever after", and the antagonists are always punished. “Real” life though, is considerably different. “Romantic realism”, or Gothic Romance, is literature that pictures romance in its purest form along with all of its …showed first 75 words of 1034 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1034 total…is credible and simultaneously realistic. Reality— deep, significant reality, and authenticity, are the characteristics Bronte chooses to define Romance. Not, perhaps, in the naked facts and circumstances, but in the actual suffering and experience; which makes this novel stand out amongst classic fairytales. Cinderella, is one of many classic fairytales, but nevertheless this fairytale is the common base of many Romance stories. Therefore, a “Gothic Cinderella” , must be the common base for non-fictional, valuable romances.