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From: Kim Mlcak group 2
Date: 4/5/2004
Time: 12:09:41 PM
Remote Name: 207.158.80.178
I have already answered this once but it did not show up so here goes again.
Madame Bovary's behavior changes depending on the situation she is in and what she wants out of it. Most of the time she is manipulative and self centered and self serving. She is willing to go to any extent and consequence to get what she wants or feels that she needs or deserves. Because she is looking for the kind of love that is unattainable and unrealistic, I sympathize with her. She is spending her entire life searching for something that is nonexistant in real life. She is unhappy most of the time, with fleeting moments of happiness in between. She seems happiest when she acomplishes things through manipulation and the harm to others. This is the times when I do not sympathize with her. She is very impulsive, never thinking through the consequences of her actions. Emma is so wrapped up in tricking people and looking for the unattainable that she does not see what wonderful things she really does have. She does not appreciate a husband who adores her, she does not appreciate the affection of her child, she does not appreciate a wonderful home either with her father or with her husband. Basically Emma is a spoiled selfish person whose behavior is her downfall and ultimately the downfall of those she is intimately involved with. Kim Mlcak