Verisimilitude
Shall we play with reality today? What is realism and reality? Some people just want to be entertained and don't care about the realism of a novel, movie, or play. For others it can be a major problem: If it isn't real then it ain't worth reading or seeing. They prefer the non-fiction type of stuff. A good book or movie can be realistic in one sense and unrealistic in another. It just means we have to break apart what realism really is. What is real inside of a book or a television screen? Do the descriptions, settings and characters offer vivid realism to the eye? For some yes, others no. I suppose it depends on the perspective of the individual reader. Maybe it's not so much about providing an image of the outside world but maybe it's about mapping out a more private type of garden; an interior landscape for others to see into. Let's look at realism a bit more closely. There are different kinds of realism to consider. How do we label what's real or u
