Realism: The Story of an hour

This short story shows many signs of Realism. Realism is the idea that imagination is useless and that the only way for people to stop crime and things that are unholy is by facing the cold hard truth. They believed that this was the most effective way of showing people the real world. In the story, Louise is sitting at home when her sister and her husbands best friend comes to tell her that her husband has died. For most people, this would be a very tragic moment and most people couldnt live without their other half. That is how Louise responds to the news at first. But after she has finished crying to her sister, she goes to her room to be alone and to morn for the death of her husband. Then, she realises that she is now free, that she can live her life for herself and not for her husband. So she opens the door and goes downstairs with her sister. At that moment the door opens and there stands her husband. Louise dies right then from a heart attack. This is the harsh truth that when you get so excited over the death of a loved one, things dont always happen like you want them to. As they say at the end of the story, "It was a Joy that killed."