Marriage and Agony: the Significance of Love

             Love, thought as the most divine of all emotions. Through the coarse of human history there has not been a more powerful force. It has made man strive for excellence, kill in jealousy, and go into a trance of madness. The end result of love is said to be marriage, and is the goal of every lover. In Madame Bovary and in The Immoralist marriage is the central narrative in each story. Although both stories differ in their functions of marriage, they both underline how marriage and love work simultaneously. This paper compares and contrasts the functions of marriage in each story; its importance, influence on central characters and impact from a personal, societal and historical standpoint.
             Firstly, I would like to distinguish the differences and similarities in the narrative of marriage in each novel. While both differ extremely in the idea behind marriage, they both emphasize how love and desire attributes to it. Secondly, convey the affects of marriage on central characters in each novel. Lastly, express the implications of love and desire with marriage.
             Flaubert emphasizes a struggle with marriage between real life and fantasy, how false expectations can lead to disappointment. Emma and Charles had different expectations from their marriage. Emma thinks the marriage should fit the description of the romance novels she read growing up, while Charles just wants her to love him for
             who he is. They are married no longer than a day before Emma's fantasy world takes hold. She is already becoming bored with marriage; every day isn't a honeymoon. She looks back on her books, what they defined life should be, constant romance and surprise. She sees a wide gap between her life with Charles and that of the romantic fantasy life she dreamed about. Charles on the other hand, who is in love with Emma, expects only a loving wife to come home to. Even though his love for Emma never comes to an end in the novel, his experien...

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