Describe Sisi. Explain how she is a Gothic/Empire heroine.

Sisi was the Empress of Austria who suffered a horrible life. The beginning was great. She lived with freedom to do what she pleased in Bavaria. But it all changed when she was 15 and got married to the Emperor of the Austrian empire. She had to follow strict court rules and was not allowed to do all of her favorite passtimes. Her aunt took all of her children as soon as there were born but her firstborn, whom she loved most dearly, died. Which I think brought Sisi into a depression that would last her the rest of her life. When her son was 30 he murdered his lover and then commited suicide, cleaving off the rest of her royal line. Then when Sisi was 40 she was murdered by and Italian
anarchist seeking fame.

She was a free spirit trapped by the empire who dreamed of her old life. Tragedy surrounded her life with the deaths of many of her children and mostly the gothic villian of her mother in law. Sophie. Her life was sad and so was she. Sophie made sure she obeyed all of the court laws and sophistication expected of an empress. She dreamed of her past life. She dreamed that her children would have lived. And most gothic of all. She was murdered. She felt emotions that she could not express and frankly I think its a wonder that she didn't kill herself.

I learned that dreaming of being royalty is not that great and is extremely romanticized by western culture. Take it from Sisi, don't do royalty kids.