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  From the mid to late 1800’s, realism had become a dominant trend in literature among many writers. Writers had focused on everyday life of different social classes such as the contemporaries and the working class. Realism also explored the determination that genes and surroundings had a major impact on lifestyle choices while completely brushing off the impact of good and evil. There was a major focus on the former forbidden topics of society such as sex, strikes, violence, and alcoholism. As a direct result of these topics being explored, many rose to criticize such writing which led to the authors coming to the defense of their work. For example, Emile  Zola  had had claimed he merely used the “modern method, the universal instrument of inquiry…to open the future” (Mckay et al 815). Following Zola’s works, many works came to exist, the most influential being Honore  de Balzac ’s The Human Comedy , and Gustave Flaubert ’s Madame Bovary <span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. <span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';">
 * <span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Realism **
 * <span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1840-1890 **