Shamela or Pamela, is either realistic

It is hard to say which of these two is more realistic since we are confronted with works that are so ridiculously exaggerated, yet Ricchardson manages to persuade the reader that what we are reading is somehow believable and likely to happen. However if a decision were to be made on which were more realistic it would seem completely plausible that Pamela would win this contest since the emotions and drama that Pamela experiences evoke the reader into considering that such a character can realistically exist, while Sahmela comes off as a satire that is difficult to view as anything more than comical and sheer mockery of a character such as that of Pamela. Although Pamela seems more realistic yet I can’t over emphasize enough how over exaggerated this work of literature written by Richardson really is. Throughout the book we are reminded over and over on how tortured and harassed she is yet she somehow finds no means of escapes from her emotional prison. The only reason why I believe that Shamela is less realistic than Pamela is because Fielding begs for us to see it as nothing more than a joke and a mockery of Pamela when he uses lines such as, “I wish you may not have discouraged him from any future attempt…that you could prevent his hands going further than your bosom” (Shamela, 319).