Realism and Naturalism are both literary movements mainly to shape human character and discuss believable everyday reality. There is industrialization and objective thought. Additionally, a change in communication, rise in world literature. Realism attempts to show subject matter truthfully, avoiding implausible supernatural factors. In A Simple Heart, Felicite demonstrates the basic elements of reality, it is relatable. She lives a normal, basic life being a servant and it is reasonable and relatable. There is no exotic super natural elements. Naturalism depicts the social, heredity, and environment conditions that play in shaping a character. In Hedda Gabler, Hedda’s background plays a big role in the story. Her dad is a general and she has a infatuation with pistols. Ironically, she ends up committing suicide with a pistol.