... purpose, theme, or message, but rather draws interest unto itself through style and imagination. It possesses its own form of life, which breathes through meticulously chosen words and sentence arrangements. Madame Bovary "defies judgment " in that it is viewed objectively, by a distant author, who presents events realistically and does not interfere with the reader's thoughts or interpretation of the work. Thus ... mind. The immorality of the novel allows Flaubert to better reveal fantasy in the eyes of cold reality. He balances the two ideas in perfection. When presenting his case agai...

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