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This 5 page paper provides a detailed analysis of the protagonist and his friendships. The theme is addressed and various elements are discussed as it relates to the character's relationships.
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is a stereotypical theme in many novels, but what also lies beneath the surface is a fledgling friendship. Over time, it turns out to be a friendship that endures, but
the friendship is not with the woman of interest in this work. Rather, a deep friendship is forged with another male whom Frederic knows throughout his life. Like his romantic
interest, the friendship ebbs and flows and at different times in their lives goes dormant, only to return with a fervor and an unusual complexity. According to a student
writing on this subject, Frederic Moureau and Charles Deslauriers "mediate uneasily between affection and competition, aid and betrayal." In examining this unlikely friendship, does it make sense in the context
of their psychological makeup and social life? Why are they friends exactly? A student asks: "What is the fate of friendship the novel imagines? What contingencies bring it to grief
or shorten its span?" The setting is France at around the time of the Revolution of 1848. Again, Frederic the protagonist is in love with a woman he cannot have
by the name of Madame Arnoux. Charles Deslauriers is an attorney and there is a friendship between Charles and Frederic. It is a friendship that endures, but had been weak
and strong at different times in the lives, largely due to circumstance. Prior to the novels start, there is information contained in the beginning pages exploring characterization. For Frederic, it
is noted: "The provincial young man of the subtitle; his education in Paris is a major theme of the novel" (Flaubert xxvii). In respect to Charles, the following appears: "Frederics
close friend, bright, ambitious, aggressive" (Flaubert xxvii). In reading the novel, one can see that the descriptions are fair but they also paint unique portraits of each of the
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