The Practical Significance of Madame Bovary

First of all, talk about intuitive feelings. Madame Bovary died without much shock. Probably spoiled by the introduction of the book cover. But when I read the news of Charles Bovary's death, my mood was really sad. After his wife died, the author devoted a whole chapter to describing his wife's funeral, describing Charles' love for her and saying, "If it weren't for me, he might have committed suicide."

The poor hero is a silly existence in the whole book, and he has made no mistakes except that he can't give his wife the romance she imagined. Even after learning that she owed a lot of debts, her property was confiscated and she committed suicide by taking poison, she still believed in love. If the first few chapters, readers mostly laughed at the doctor with qingqing grasslands on his head, in the end, there will probably be some sympathy. However, when he read the letters Emma exchanged for two relationships, he chose to forgive his wife and Rudolph.

His meeting with Rudolph, "even for a moment, Charles suppressed his nameless anger and stared at Rudolph intensely." He couldn't help but get scared and stop talking. But after a while, the gloomy and tired expression on his face came back. " He allowed the pain to accumulate in his heart, and finally, the pain killed him.

Reading the tragedy of Charles and Emma, I can't help but turn back to the beginning of the book, the distant foreshadowing. At the end of the second chapter of the first book, when the first Madame Bovary, Ai Royce, died, "So he helped himself on the desk and immersed himself in painful meditation until dark. After all, she loves him. " When I read this, I believe that readers should be very carefree. After all, Eloise is so unlovable. She is still cheating on her property because of her strong desire for control, and Emma is still so cute. The author handled it well, so that readers will not feel sad when they read the death of Ai Royce, but will feel happy and look forward to the succession of Charles and Emma.

It's a pity that readers from God's perspective are just beginning to see Emma's heart. It can be said that the whole book is on the verge of cheating and waiting for cheating, and she will never be here with Charles. Does she like marquez, Leon and Rudolph? Yes, but what she prefers is the illusory romance. I believe that if she did not marry Charles at first, but married his extramarital partner, she would still cheat. Her "reading addiction" is a problem that many people have discussed, which is far from the point and will go back to the end of the second chapter. "(Ai Royce) She loves him after all." Such an understatement opened the curtain for the tragedy of later books. Did Emma love Charles? I don't know, maybe I loved before I got married, but the author didn't describe it positively. After marriage, it is hard to say love.

Describe death

Throughout the book, there are only a few deaths of the main characters. "(Daughter) saw that he didn't move and thought it was a joke with her, so he gave it a gentle push. He fell to the ground. He is dead. "

Emma's death: "a spasm threw her back to the mattress." Everybody step forward. She is dead. "

This kind of writing should also be routine, paving the way for long articles, and the faster the plot progresses, the simpler it will be. Especially the direct description of human death, generally 3 to 4 words. As shocking as the words carved on the stone tablet. Reminds me of a very famous sentence describing death, Caesar's Civil War: "I was in Alexandria and learned of Pompeii's death."

Practical significance

Madame Bovary has unparalleled practical significance.

As far as the plot is concerned, it is not too complicated. The core plot is nothing more than Emma's two infidelities. But it wrote the reason and inevitability of her infidelity. Many people call this book the female version of Don Quixote. Emma and Don Quixote are both deeply poisoned by "romantic" novels. A moth seeks illusory romance like a fire, and the brave rushes to the windmill.

Although they are all ironic, Don Quixote is at least cute, and Emma may not have much sympathy. I hope every girl can read Madame Bovary before reading romance novels, which should make life easier for countless Charles.

Borrow money or borrow money

In addition to extramarital affairs, there is also a very important point that makes Emma and them overwhelmed, and that is borrowing money. In order to maintain a luxurious life, Emma kept borrowing money, writing IOUs and rolling interest. Finally, the family was crushed by debt and its property was seized. This is a change in society. When people yearn for a better life more and more, there will inevitably be tragedies.

This reminds me of Miyuki Miyabe's social school mystery novel The Train. She told this topic again with more verbose language and plot in modern background. At that time, Japan's economy also developed rapidly, and many people were accidentally crushed by debt in order to live a better life.

/kloc-French more than 50 years ago, Japanese more than 20 years ago, and now China.