... is most often associated with the literary movement arising in France during the nineteenth century; primarily, it is a reaction against Romanticism's idealism ad subjectivity. The French writer Gustave Flaubert and Leo Tolstoy from Russia are examples of Realist writers. Realists wanted a true representation in literature of reality of contemporary life and manners (Lawall 837). In order for Realist writers to be objective ... ...

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... Bovary and Anna Karenina's affairs, respectively. The characterization of these men highlights the great character flaw shared by both Anna and Emma: their inability to cope with "ordinary life-. In Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Anna is involved in an unfulfilling relationship with Karenin in that she is restless by their monotonous relationship, and is looking for something more. "The Karenins, husband and ... ...

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