The gospel is also a Romance. Jesus is the Lover who comes to rescue His Bride. Again, the master redemption story of the Bible can be compared and contrasted with the stories found in other literature. Though Macbeth is in one respect a fall story, it ends with Malcolm's triumph over Macbeth and the beginning of Scotland's restoration. Much literature combines these two patterns.
Some characters find redemption while others are judged.
The Odyssey is a good example of this double story line. Odysseus spends the epic trying to get home form the Trojan War, encountering various trials and tests along the way. For Odysseus, the story has a redemptive shape, for he returns and is reunited with Penelope. For this type of story too there are biblical models, for the gospel involves not only the redemption of the Bride but judgment of her oppressors. This gives you some idea of Leithart's writing style and approach.