What are the characteristics of a "Romantic" and a "Realist"

Question:They're pretty much opposites, or at least opposing.

Romanticism: stylized writings, used to reveal/iinterpret the beauty in things, and the importance of imagination

Reaism: descriptions of everyday life with no particular style, no embellishment, etc.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: They're pretty much opposites, or at least opposing.

Romanticism: stylized writings, used to reveal/iinterpret the beauty in things, and the importance of imagination

Reaism: descriptions of everyday life with no particular style, no embellishment, etc.

One's from Paris, one's from London.

TD, being on a roll, has got it...I believe. Then again...whatever happened to Omaha?