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    conventions within her piece: Sentimentalism, Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism as well as Regionalism and Local Color. Davis substantial imagery closely identifies with realism, self-mastery of passions through Deborah, romanticism through Hugh, dialect as well as Wolfe to depict local color and regionalism ending with naturalism used in the portrayal of the working conditions within the mills. Rebecca Harding Davis uses the convention of realism to depict a world that could closely identify as hell

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    Realism in Ibsen's "A Doll's House" What is realism and what are some of the defining characteristics that cause a play to be classified as realistic? Realism started as a movement around the mid 18th century and the early 19th century with French and Russian literature. The definition of realism according to Walter Levy is, "the portrayal of characters in a realistic physical and cultural environment, or, the portrayal of the story in a style that is familiar to the audience. Realistic settings

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    Dick explores this theme through the technique of realism in order to convey an ironic tone within the novel. Because of the literary realism that Dick employs, the universe that is Ragle’s world feels legitimate. Through Ragle’s eyes, Dick illustrates a world where the powers that be control every single part of a world that feels “real.” These authorities who control Ragle’s life are a commentary on our society, just as much as the literary realism is a commentary on our society. Time Out of Joint

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    A realist’s view of the world is based on the idea of an anarchic global structure, where there is no higher power or authority above that of the states. Such a person sees the world as having competing power bases, maintaining individual states’ interests through the exercise of power. The primary concern is survival and this is accomplished by leveraging power. It is “the realist’s conception of power that has come to shape mainstream accounts of world politics.” Based on this view, in simplified

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    deals with feelings, how the story gets to you emotionally. Realism is a life lesson, deals one day at a time. They both see the world through different views not all the same, but drastically different. Realism is more basic than romanticism is, which is more extravagant and detail oriented. Romanticism and realism are the exact opposites.”The Mask of the Red Death” and “To Build a Fire” are perfect examples of romanticism and realism. The stories prove the differences between the genres by comparing

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    Social Realism Social realism was a movement following the civil war where artists and writers would focus and point out the conditions of the middle to lower working class. Unlike Regional realism, social realism draws attention to the social structures and conditions that the majority of the population was currently experiencing. Edith Wharton and Booker T Washington where two important writers who wrote about their own experiences and of others to demonstrate the new social structure changes at

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    Literary Realism is a response to social conditions. In the late 19th century, writers took contemporary social issues and created a perspective that would expose the real dangers and damage created by various social conditions, such as colonization, injustices against women, and violence. These perspectives were not meant to influence a change in these conditions, but rather, bring attention to them. One of the most important factors of Literary Realism is that it is presented in an objective manner

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    Writings of the realism spectrum often deal with the natural world as it truly exists, inhabited by both dreams and the pursuit of happiness, and often times the blunt end to said dreams and pursuit. No exceptions exist for “The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin, and “To Build a Fire,” by Jack London. In “The Story of an Hour,” a woman is told of her husband’s death, and realizes the freedom she has been granted. Unfortunately for her, she discovers that freedom is not hers just yet. In “To Build

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    Realism is a type of art that illustrates how the world and people really look. “Realism started in the mid-19th century in which figures and scenes are depicted as they are experienced or might be experienced in everyday life (Fine Arts).” Gustave Courbet was the first person to introduce Realism into the art world. He was a French painter who painted Romanticism before discovering Realism (Introduction to the Artistic Style of Realism). He inspired many other painters such as Edouard Manet

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    Mythology all the way to Contemporary Literature. Individualism is the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. Characters of these time periods are portrayed as people who rely on their own opinions in their own lives. First, the Realism period themes include sociology and psychology. People believed social criticism was key to affect the audience, and made sure everyone was represented. Local color was a major theme of this time period too, this focused on indigenous American life

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