... in a man, so she thinks at the time. The fact that "Emma wanted to get married by torchlight at the unusual hour of midnight"(47), proves her outrageous thoughts of romanticism. She enjoys her wedding, but when she arrives at her new house in Tostes, her desire to dramatically change the house shows her constant desire of change, thinking that in ... possess those joys of love, that fever of happiness, of which she had so long despaired"(163). She begins to identify herself with all the daring and romantic heroines of literature whom she admires. She chooses to respond differently and m...

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... , because Emma strived to live a romantic's life in a real atmosphere, she was destined to have her life crumble. Faubert uses this technique in order to contrast two genres of literature. He incorporates the romanticism of Emma with the realism of her surroundings (Charles, village life, and unobtainable men). Because Emma was a romantic at heart, Faubert created and ended her life in a very ... ...

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