Analysis Of Morality In Madame Bovary - 1075 Words

Gustave Flaubert was notorious for his prodigious appetite for prostitutes. It may be a perverted taste, he once confessed in a private correspondence, but I love prostitution, and for itself, too, quite apart from its carnal aspects. (Gustave Flaubert, 2017) Wow! This statement says so much about this writer. As such, we could argue that Flaubert’s main character in Madame Bovary, Emma, was based on one of his prostitutes and describes how he feels about women. Therefore, I am surprised the government bought Flaubert’s answer. After reading Madame Bovary, I understand why the government brought action against the author Gustave Flaubert and charged him with immorality. The entire novel is based on adultery, blasphemy, misery, bad†¦show more content†¦Additionally, not only is her death going to leave her daughter and husband alone, but it also serves as revenge against her husband for the ways he wronged her and , finally, her death would cause her husband t o die out of sheer grief. How is any of this moral? Emma, by her own design, seems to be of a deviant nature with really nothing moral to her at all. She is manipulative, lying, cheating, uncaring and a hedonist that seeks out the pleasures of the world in an aberrant manner. Emma is not the only immoral character portrayed in the novel. Rodolphe Boulanger, we are told, has a brutal temperament and a perceptive mind (Flaubert, p. 1298), a dangerous combination. He has the casual indifference of the rich classes – a downside to wealth that Emma never considers – and treats women with the same indifference as he treats his objects. What is moral about him? Leon Dupuis starts out a bored, naà ¯ve, but pleasant, boy and turns out to be an unsavory character with no morals who gives us the feeling by the end of the novel that life has tarnished and corrupted him. We can see this when Emma says â€Å"Leon, you will do me a service?† And, shaking him by both hands that she grasped tightly, she added— â€Å"Listen, I want eight thousand francs.† His response â€Å"you must be mad† (Flaubert, p. 1298). He could not care less about her which he proves by promising to get the money and never coming through. The only moral character seems to beShow MoreRelated An Analysis of Homais as an instrument of satire in Flauberts, Madame Bovary1577 Words   |  7 Pages An analysis of Homais as an instrument of satire In Flaubert’s satiric novel, the story’s apothecary is used to convey Flaubert’s views of the bourgeois. As a vehicle for Flaubert’s satire, Homais is portrayed as opportunistic and self-serving, attributes that Flaubert associated with the middle class. Homais’ obsession with social mobility leads him to commit despicable acts. His character and values are also detestable. He is self-serving, hypocritical, opportunistic, egotistical, and crookedRead MoreAn Analysis of Homais as an Instrument of Satire in Flauberts, Madame Bovary1596 Words   |  7 PagesAn analysis of Homais as an instrument of satire In Flauberts satiric novel, the storys apothecary is used to convey Flauberts views of the bourgeois. As a vehicle for Flauberts satire, Homais is portrayed as opportunistic and self-serving, attributes that Flaubert associated with the middle class. Homais obsession with social mobility leads him to commit despicable acts. His character and values are also detestable. He is self-serving, hypocritical, opportunistic, egotistical, and crookedRead MoreEssay on Tolstoys Anna Karenina3020 Words   |  13 Pageswill repay. Originally (and somewhat narrowly) thought to refer to Annas final ostracism from the upper echelons of society that punish her for her misdeeds, the epigraph is the key to Tolstoys subtle and philosophically complex conception of morality that denies the existence of a universal and unavoidable justice and derives responsibility from the individuals freedom to create and then bind himself to laws. Three of the novels characters, Stephen Oblonsky, Constatine Levin, an d Anna KareninaRead MoreMetz Film Language a Semiotics of the Cinema PDF100902 Words   |  316 PagesPhenomenology of the Narrative, 16 II Problems of Film Semiotics Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. The Cinema: Language or Language System? 31 Some Points in the Semiotics of the Cinema, 92 Problems of Denotation in the Fiction Film, 108 III Syntagmatic Analysis of the Image Track Chapter 6. Outline of the Autonomous Segments in Jacques Rozier s film Adieu Philippine, 149 Chapter 7. Syntagmatic Study of Jacques Rozier s Film Adieu Philippine, 177 vii viii CONTENTS IV The Modern Cinema: Some Theoretical