Emma s Self Propelled Downfall - 921 Words

Emma’s Self-propelled Downfall Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, is the story of Emma, a naà ¯ve girl who dreams of having a life, bigger than the one she can ever achieve. Flaubert throughout the story depicts average members of society with all their faults. Greed, lust, deceit, and incompetence are the stock in trade of all his characters. The story has no heroes, only losers and fools who waste their unfulfilled lives. Emma schooled in a convent is desperate to feel the excitement of real love as she imagines it to be. Emma is married to Charles Bovary, the first man she ever really knows. Charles is the classic underachiever whose shortcomings plague Emma throughout their marriage. Charles will never have the position, money, success, or class status she so desperately desires. Marriage, a child, and respectability cannot assuage her disappointment in herself and her life. She finds solace and excitement in things she cannot afford and men she cannot resist. Emma has no one to blame but herself for all her failings. Her ego and sense of entitlement overrides her common sense and allows her to borrow money that she will never be able to repay. Like an addict without self-control, she continues borrow money and have affairs that never really satisfy her. She hates herself for her deceptions and constantly fears exposure. Her life becomes a downward spiral of lies and shame that eventually ends in the coward’s solution of suicide. Emma’s story begins with CharlesShow MoreRelatedEmma Roberts. Profesor Veach . English Composition I. January1031 Words   |  5 PagesEmma Roberts Profesor Veach English Composition I January 19th, 2017 Defiled â€Å"Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them,† are words from Leviticus 19:31 (NIV). They are very applicable through the course of a famous 1606 tragedy named, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. The main character, a Scottish general named Macbeth, receives prophecies from a trio of witches that one day he will become the mighty King of Scotland. These witches, also know as the â€Å"weird