To become a villain, you need to commit evil acts. The New Webster's Dictionary defines a villain as a scoundrel or criminal. The closest thing to a villain in Madame Bovary is Lheureux, a dry-goods salesman in Yonville. He is overcome by the same desire of Felix Grandet in Eugenie Grandet, money. He might not be a criminal, but he is definitely characterized well by the word scoundrel.
             Lheureux is a dry-goods sales man in the small French town of Yonville. His passion is for money and for money alone, and will go to great lengths to achieve an abundance of it. He has a strange relationship with Emma Bovary. Emma purchases many goods from Lheureux and runs up a very large tab in doing so. Lheureux realizes that Emma's semi-obsession with buying things can lead to a profit somewhere along the way for himself.
             When the Bovarys get into financial problems, Lheureux knows that he can capitalize here. He has that same kniving attitude that Felix Grandet did in Eugenie Grandet. Felix was the epitamy of a miser in a small French town. Although Lheureux wasn't really characterized as a miser, they definitely shared the same love for money, which made them both villains in their respected novels, because their attitudes changed.
             Lheureux also knew of her affair with Leon. He encountered the both of them leaving the Hotel de Boulogne. Emma was afraid that he would talk. He first said to Emma, three days later, "I want some money." (256) He realized that Emma was good business. He could definitely become profitable off of her. Emma told Lheureux that she had no money although. Lheureux replied, "But if you don't have cash, you do have property." (257) If he was not going to get money from her he was going to obtain mainly all her assets. She owed him eight thousand francs, and she simply didn't have it.
             Lheureux knew everything about the Bovary's assets. He would then mention th...