1. Symbolisim in madame bovary
... her to rest in eternity in a dress that represents why she wanted out of her life so badly. Flaubert also uses windows to show Emma's entrapment. Throughout the novel, Emma is always looking out of windows onto the town, or people on the street catch glimpses of her through the window of her house. ... dreams. Flowers are also used as a symbolic device in Madame Bovary. Flaubert uses the flowers as symbolic in the form of dried wedding bouquets. When Emma sees the dried wedding bouquet of Charles first wife, Charles easily picks up the flowers and throws them away. Charlers ability to e...
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