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Henry James’ long short story “The Real Thing” and Christina Rossetti’s poem “In an Artist’s Studio” are alike and different in various ways. Besides the apparent difference that one is a story and the other a poem, they differ in how each is told. In James’ “The Real Thing”, the artist, who is also the narrator in the story, views everything from his perspective. The narrator in Rossetti’s poem is herself, who describes everything from an onlooker’s point of view. The two works are also different because they people they talk about the models in different mediums. The artist in “The Real Thing” talks about his models, the Monarchs, in the sense that they are still alive real life, whereas in her poem, Rossetti talks a bout Lizzie Siddal, her brother Dante Rossetti’s wife, through a painting. Although many differences are demonstrated throughout both works, the major difference between Henry James’ “The Real Thing” and Christina Rossetti’s “In an Artist’s Studio” is the artists’ interpretation and definition of the real thing. In “The Real Thing” when the artist meets the Monarchs, the first thing he notices about them is their perfection. The artist thought that the Monar