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A 3 page paper which examines Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert as a naturalistic novel. No additional sources cited.
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in her life. It is the story of Emma, a woman who is lost and constantly seeking pleasure in things that ultimately cause her demise. It is a very powerful
and perhaps dark novel that clearly possesses a very powerful naturalism foundation. The following paper examines the existence of naturalism in Flauberts Madame Bovary. Madame Bovary and Naturalism
While there were many styles of novels that have been present in history, the naturalistic novel was generally a novel that presumed to offer the reader natural realities. The primary
purpose of a natural novel was to offer the reader a look at the real world, the natural world, around them as opposed to a gothic novel that offered darkness
and mystery, or a romance novel that presented unrealistic romantic ideals. Madame Bovary is a very strong naturalistic novel. The first element of the story that points to it
being a naturalistic novel involves the character of Emma and how she is a woman who has grown up in a convent immersed in romantic tales. Her image of the
world outside the convent is one of romance, first perhaps learned through a maid who would come to the convent. She introduced the girls to novels that "that she always
carried in the pockets of her apron...They were all love, lovers, sweethearts, persecuted ladies fainting in lonely pavilions, postilions killed at every stage, horses ridden to death on every page,
somber forests, heartaches, vows, sobs, tears and kisses, little skiffs by moonlight, nightingales in shady groves..." (Flaubert Part I Chapter 6). Through this Emma, who was 15 at the time,
began to dirty her hands "with books from old lending libraries" (Flaubert Part I Chapter 6). This sort of an introduction to Emma clearly illustrates how she was a young
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