A Critical Analysis of the Character

The character of Madame Bovary consists of many different components. At first Emma Bovary seems content and unassuming. She doesn't question anything done, and is very easy to please. As the first nine chapters progress, Emma grows uneasy and upset. She stops taking care of her house and home, leaving her husband to wonder what the problem is. After she witnesses the lavish lifestyle that is completely different from her own, in anger, Madame Bovary loses all love and respect for herself, her husband, her home, and slowly descends into a deep depression.

When Monsieur Bovary first met Emma Rouault she was living and taking care of her sick father in Les Bertaux. She loved her father and worked hard to take care of him and their house. Emma Rouault also had a confidence about herself, " . . . she had an open gaze that met yours with fearless candor" (Flaubert, 858). This openness attracted the then married Monsieur Bovary. He had never encountered a woman like her before, and he spent time with her even after he was done taking care of her father,

b. Madame Bovary grows shame of her husband.

" . . . he went back the very next day, then twice a week regularly, not to mention unscheduled calls he made from time to time, as though by chance" (859). After Monsieur Bovary' wife dies, he takes Emma as his wife and she moves with him to Tostes.

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