Journeys are a way of escaping. One of Emma's first journeys is to the convent. At the age of thirteen, she enjoys being with the nuns and learning about religion. Gradually, she turns away from the spiritual and religious aspects, and finds the physical beauty of things to be much more interesting. "She was softly lulled by the mystic languor exhaled in the perfumes of the altar, the freshness of the holy water, and the lights of the tapers" (24). Emma's dreams start to unfold while she is at the convent. This journey, at the beginning of her life, is ironical because she learns about the things that make her life unhappy.

After she marries Charles, Emma is quickly bored. The ball at La Vaubyessard

Emma can never fulfill her dreams. She goes on journeys as a way of escaping from her reality to find love. In order to be loved, she has to show that she is a giving person. Since she is not giving, she never is happy. Emma does not understand what and how to deal with the real world. Al her journeys are ironical in the way that nothing goes the way she plans. Her dream of material things ends up killing her.

Emma's affairs cause her to go on many rendezvous. At Yonville, Leon, a clerk, and Emma meet. They find that they also have much in common (57). She thinks that this relationship is going to be everything she dreams about and reads in novels. Emma and Leon walk to the nurse's house together and there is a special spark between them (64). Soon, however, Emma's feeling begin to change. She finds things wrong with Leon, for example, that he is passive, but she still loves him. Another affair starts when Leon leaves, this time it is with Rodolphe. Emma and Rodolphe go on a horseback ride together through Yonville (110). Although he tells Charles that the ride is good for Emma's health, Rodolphe just wants to be alone with Emma. She thinks that he is her "soulmate", someone that she shares her pains with, and the perfect spouse. Another trip that she goes on to La Huchette, where Rodolphe lives. Emma visits him after Charles leaves for work early (115). She thinks that Rodolphe has the same feelings for her as she does for him, but he does not. Her repeated visitations are ironic because she looks for something that does not even exist. She tries to find romance with Rodolphe, but it is bound to fail because the love is not

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