Summary Of Madame Bovary

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert started with a story about Charles Bovary. Nonetheless when we first met Emma Bovary, there is no doubt in my mind that she is the central character in this story. Emma Bovary was a woman who craves wealth, happiness, passion and beauty and is will to do anything it takes to acquire all that she needs. She is very intelligent but was never granted the opportunity to get as mature as she needs. Being an adult, she allows her imaginations to run wild instead of sitting down and evaluate the things thoroughly. As the famous quote states “never judge a book by its cover”, Emma is a person who views things as being perfect or otherwise by the way it looks on the outside and never took the time to see what is underneath those beautiful outer coats. The people who always appear to be misleading, those are the people she gravitates to more but loathes the very few people who are actually exactly as they appear. Being that she is a country girl she isn’t expose to certain lifestyles, so having the opportunity to experience a higher society lifestyle, she would prefer to believe that for the aristocracy, life is definitely an filled with excitement and she is willing to live it to the fullest. She has a several flaws that are motivated by her desires and hunger to escalate socially and they are results of the situations she is currently in. The passion that she showcase somewhat dominate her childhood and ultimately her life. This story was created in a way that Madame Bovary would have to stand up and responsibility for her own deceitful act. The affairs that she have been engaged in has occurred because she wanted but never knew when they failed that she would be left lonely and hopeless. She was not onl...

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...er emotions are and is also clearly a contribution to her committing suicide. It is very clear that Madame Bovary’s emotions often times get the best of her when she is caught in any problematic situations and lose control of her temper and do something she know she will regret. Considering the earlier said reasons, one can only conclude that Emma controlled her destiny, as we all do to a great extent. There is no guiding hand that told Emma to go ahead and marry Charles, have his baby, cheat on him with Leon and then kill herself. She did all this for selfish reasons, to fulfill her own fantasies and needs. She never once stopped to think about her actions and how they would impact others. It is true, we all think about ourselves, but only to an extent. People usually stop to think about what they will do, and they are aware of the impact their actions will have.

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