... as Charles waited empty-handed beside her. (Flaubert 866) In this example, the reader can visualize Emma picking off the grass that has gathered on the trail of the dress. The purpose of the details, though, is not simply to describe Emma's dress, but to show that Emma is ... of view by combining grammatical and other features of the character's direct speech with features of the narrator's indirect report." An example of free indirect discourse is when Emma's father, Monsieur Rouault contemplates the idea of his daughter, Emma, getting married. Monsieur Rouault "noticed that Charles tend...

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... of family background, reputation, and wealth, and marriage was one of the main ways in which one could raise one's social status. This method of social advancement was especially crucial to women, who were denied the possibility of improving their status through hard work or personal achievement. Yet ... "social visits, charity visits, music, artistic endeavors "seem relatively trivial, at times even monotonous. Isabella is the only mother focused on in the story, and her portrayal suggests that a mother's life offers a woman little use of her intellect. Yet, when Jane compares the ... o...

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