realistic?

Throughout this play, there were aspects of both realism and unrealism. The lives of the characters and some of their experience can be seen as real, while the flashbacks and visuals experienced by Willy are not realistic at all. The Loman family in the flashbacks to when the boys were in high school can be compared to real life families at that time in history. They had a father who worked, a mother who stayed at home and took care of the house, and two boys who liked to be boys and play sports. Even when Happy and Biff left after high school, the family can still be seen as normal. Biff and Willy had their problems, and were unable to sort them out. Problems like that exist in reality.
The unrealistic parts of the play were when Ben would appear to Willy at parts in the play. Willy had no idea that Ben was just an imaginary character and would carry on a conversation out loud with him even when there were people around. I guess the unrealistic parts were there scenes with Willy's messed up mind that kept trying to live in the past.

Realistic? yes.

As far as I have gotten in the play (Scene 5), everything about it has been realistic. From Tom having to work at a warehouse to support his family to Amanda's almost crazy actions, the play is able to be related to and therefore, in my eyes, realistic. Even the conversations between the characters seem real. Amanda has trouble with her son and in Scene 1 feels deceived that her daughter lied to her about not going to college. In real life, parents at one point have trouble with their children. Since the emotions can be related to, at times, readers can be sympathetic or angry or whatever towards the characters. I cannot wait for the gentleman caller to come to dinner because I am very anxious to see how Laura acts. I think that in the two scenes to come, the actions of the characters will continue to mirror reality.

Realistic? Really?

Throughout Shakespeare's Othello (only Acts I-III so far), the author constantly conveys the play in a realistic manner. On the spectrum from literalistic imitation of reality to stylized or surrealistic representation, Othello falls very close to the realistic end. The events that take place, for example Cassio getting drunk and starting a fight with Montano (II.iii.135-145), are very possible to happen in the real world both in the time of Shakespeare and in our world today. Portraying the play like it was something that was (and still is to an extent) very possible to happen in real life enables the audience to relate to the events in the play. Desdemona's going behind her father's back and marrying Othello without his consent (I.i.165) has been a reoccurring event both in literature and in life. Anne Boleyn was secretly betrothed to Lord Henry Percy without her parents' knowledge before she was instructed to make her move on the king. Also, Iago's jealousy of Cassio and plotting to place himself in a higher position is a common theme that most of the audience can relate to by being a common human feeling. Since Shakespeare made Othello so relatable to life, his play is definitely on the realistic end of the spectrum.

Hunters in the Snow

Of the three principal characters, I find Tub to be the most sympathetic. At the beginning of the story, he is waiting on the sidewalk for Frank and Kenny to come pick him up and they are an hour late. Then, when they finally arrive, Kenny pulls a prank on him and tries to run him over then laughs about it. "The driver was bent against the steering wheel, slapping his knees and drumming his feet of the floorboards" (187). Throughout the story, Tub keeps getting picked on because of his weight and how he cannot keep up with the other two guys or get through the fence. Although Frank is the most level-headed of the three, he still at times treats Tub just like Kenny does. Tub never did anything to either of them so when he shoots Kenny out of self-defense, I am not surprised at all for him finally standing up for himself. It has been long overdue.