I thought this book quite repetative with it's imagery. Is It just me, or was it hard to follow sometimes? As far as the actually story of the book, I found it a bit boring and dull. Seriously, all it's really about is some women cheating on her husband trying to find love. Apparently, Emma misunderstands love for lust. All she did and looked forward to seeminlgy in the book was to find her lover apart from her husband, and feed her sexual hunger. And here Charles is, alwasy caring and loving on Emma, while behind his back she is having sex with two other men! However, I found it a little funny how Emma is cheating on Charles and really pays him no regard (even though he does not know it) and then Rodolphe does the same to her. Emma, I felt was plainly a whore. That might seem harsh but really now....cheating on your husband with two other men, when all your husband does is love you and make your life as good as he possibly can!
Not to mention how she puts all her family in debt, not giving her child the education she and Charles had wanted for Berthe. She is a selfish women. Perhaps the saddest part of the book (in my opinion) was when Charles was dreaming of Berthe, and how she would grow older and the family would find her a suitor and so on and so forth. However, as Charles lays in bed with his wife, her dreams are of running off with another man! Emma is a prostitute for love. She lies and cheats, not a quality women in my belief.
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I was interested in your observation about "imagery" at the outset, as this book doesn't really seem to have much (if any) at all (remember, this lack of figurative language may be a hallmark of Realism). As for feeling sorry for Charles, does Flaubert even allow us this? Could it be that he portrays Charles as every bit pathetic in his cluelessness as Emma is in her deception?
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