Realism

Mrs. Mallad had a heart problem so it would come to no surprise when her family and friends would have some hesitate to tell her that her husband has been killed. But though her family thought this would upset her, she actually realized that this is an opportunity to actually live her life to its fullest and with out someone telling her what to do. She accepted his death till she was to walked out of her room to find her husband walking through the door and dropped dead. They say it was from heart disease but it was from the let down of not having the before then promises of "Free! Body and soul free!". The story relates to realism by showing the yucky sticking statement that women may not always mourn when death comes upon their husbands due to their actions and its the reality of the situation that she was happy of his death. This doesn't show the all the good parts and none of the bad it shows what happens in real life. No one would imagine a widow being happy to hear of her husbands death, its the reality of life.
The social issue that this author was trying to explain is the fact that women back then might not of been happy. This story was to show men that their wives may not miss them when they are gone because of the way they are treated. This story may have its way of saying that this is the reality of a women's thoughts and ideas when she is being treated this way so men need to change or this is going to be the consequence.


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4. Go further on this one to explain what you think Douglass' purpose was for writing this. Your response should be three paragraphs.
3. Provide a modern example of realism This can be music, a movie, a television show, a book, or whatever you may choose. You need to explain how it is realism, and provide an example from your choice (a lyric, description of a scene, quote, etc.)