... as combination of the Madonna and the whore, split between purity and evil deeds. Forced into prostitution by poverty, Sonia struggles to fend for her family. Although many characters in the novel look down upon Sonia, Dostevsky preserves her child-like innocence: She could not have been called pretty, but her ... she acknowledges the brutal truth that life lived in sin has horrible outcomes. Sonia justifies her "profession" by the money it brings to support her family. Dostoevsky stresses Sonia's belief in the power of suffering for others. She is fervent in her belief in God and trus...

• Word Count: 1225
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... fact that Flaubert, like Emma Bovary, liked the idea of having a lover more than actually having one. In 1844, after developing a nervous disorder that required him to retire to his family estate, Through the isolation and boredom of this provincial life that Emma Bovary was created not only as a representation of Flaubert's romantic longings, but as a universal example of a woman bored ... , in the image of the cult of domesticity, motherhood is next to saintliness for a woman, Emma's pregnancy serves only as a seal to the already nailed coffin that is her marriage bond. Forever the rom...

• Word Count: 1118
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate