... well in depicting the intensely romantic character of Emma. The narrative voice of Flaubert tells us "Society taught her that the strange was beautiful, to believe in Cinderella. That the ordinary was boring." One critic writes that "Minnelli defines her visually as an alien figure, constantly ill-matched with her surroundings." (Harvey 203). To underscore the imaginary romantic world which Emma ... to exploit the decor of Emma's room with its walls plastered with romantic scenes. The convent flashback is omitted and the audience never understands the origins of Emma's dissatisfaction w...

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