The Awakening and Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubet's novel, Madame Bovary, is very similar to Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening. Both books are about compelling heroines and their lives as unhappy married women that revolts against the monotony of their lives and society. The books flow on a certain cycle that mirrors each other through affairs, and society conflicts. And yet, even though Emma and Edna live in different worlds, they still take their lives because of a final "awakening". The deaths are still very much like their life style, each like a back-up plan if their illusions didn't work out. The deaths of these two women were both very intriguing. Emma has emotionally left Charles all together by the end of the book. Her mood switches constantly from despising him to showing some regret for what she has done. Edna also has given up on her husband Leonce. She has gone against his will, morals, and ethics. By the end of the novels there is nothing left for them. Leon going to Paris has left Emma and there isn't anything she can do about that. Robert has returned from Mexico to New Orleans, and t
Both women have their illusions and fantasies. Yet reality and dreaming are two different things, and Emma and Edna both confused this. The two had gone in so deep with it, they thought they had no other choice, that their life would be meaningless without the same spirits they were in while having an affair. It would never end, and so they ended it. The cycle would continue on no longer. Edna was laid back, never wanting to involve a large ruckus and controversy within a large group. She came to the fairly deserted Grand Isle, walked to the deserted beach, took off her clothes and walked right in without stopping, never turning back. Emma on the other hand always wanted to be the center of attention. At the ball Emma thinks the whole crowd is watching her dance. It says, "Every one looked at them. They passed and repassed, she with rigid body, her chin bent down, and he always in the same pose, his figure curved, his elbow rounded, his chin thrown forward. That woman knew how to waltz! They kept up a long time, and tried out all the others." It could have bee
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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