 The presence of third person

narrative, however, acts as the

indirect authorial presence, which
ensures the continuation and
reaffirmation of the existing
ideology.
Catherine Belsey is of the view that Classical
Realism presents individuals whose traits of
character, understood as essential and
predominantly given, constrain the choices
they make and whose potential for
development depends on what is given.
 Human nature, thus, seems as a system of
character differences existing in the world but
one very clear and distinct closure. She says that:
 “Initially constructed in discourse, the subject
finds in the discourse of the classic realist text a
confirmation of the position of autonomous
subjectivity represented in ideology as ‘obvious’.
 “It is possible to refuse that position, but to do so
at least at present, is to make a deliberate and
ideological choice.”