Emma discovered romantic novels as a young girl living in a convent. Unable to see the real world or the realities of everyday living, she was left alone with her dreams. She concentrated all of her attention on them and nothing else. These novels influenced her entire approach to life.

When Emma first met Charles she believed he could make her happy. however, after they were married she soon began finding many faults about him. Charles had no desire to do or see anything. Emma wanted a man who would introduce her to new things and inspire her to live life to the fullest. "Before she had married she thought she was in love. But the happiness that should have resulted fro

Emma believed her dream was finally coming true. Within time Emma began wanting things to change. She cannot remain in one situation for a long period of time. She was no longer satisfied with having an affair, she insisted that Rodolphe and her flee to a far away place. However, her insistence scares him away.

Later in the book Emma renews her affair with Leon. Within a very short time she found herself tired of him and bored with life. "Each day she clung more desperately to it, thus destroying all happiness by demanding too much of it. She blamed Leon for her disappointed hopes as if he had betrayed her, and she even wished for some catastrophe that would cause their seperation since she lacked the courage to bring it about herself. (272). Throughout her whole life, Emma was never completly and totally happy. The books she read brainwashed her mind. She believed she was being cheated out of the feeling of true love. I don't think anyone could of made her happy. She couldn't except the fact that she wasn't rich and that she lived the life of a middle-class person.

One of the highest points in Emma's life was when Charles and her were invited to the home of the Marquis d'Andervilliers. She was overjoyed at the idea of staying at the chateau. Everything she had dreamed and read about

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