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How Madame Bovary created her own downfall in an effort to find marital happiness and personal fulfillment
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Madame Bovary
Introduction
In literature, characters play a central role in the development of the plot and articulation of the author’s interests. In particular, the authors use the characters to relay vital information and inform the audience of the inherent societal attributes and trends. This is attained through characterization and manipulation of the character’s capabilities. In Madame Bovary, Flaubert depicts the protagonist as one with defective behavior that compromises her ability to lead a normal and fulfilling life. Her ambitions and desires compel her to assume certain behaviors that are unacceptable by the society. This paper analyzes how Madame Bovary created her own downfall in an effort to find marital happiness and personal fulfillment.
To begin with, Emma marries Charles without having a clear identity with respect to her feelings towards him. She is not sure about her love for Charles but nevertheless goes ahead to marry him. Arguably, she marries Charles not because she loves him, but because she resents leading a farm life. She believes that once married, the feelings would develop and she would lead a happy life. The failure of these feelings to develop makes her depressed and restless about having to endure the monotonous nature of her married life. Thus it is certain that by marrying Charles without being sure of her love for him, she contributed to her discontent and ultimate downfall in marriage.
The discontent that she gets from her marriage and the frustration that stems from her inability to afford the kind of lifestyle that she desires makes her to have extra marital relationships. She develops love relationships with different men who do not appreciate her feelings. This further has far reaching implications as she gets more frustrated and blames the other men for her unhappiness.
In a bit to address the depression that emanates from her failure to experience passionate feelings in marriage, she also assumes reading sentimental novels. From this, she constantly imagines herself as a heroine and a successful woman who falls in love with rich men. She idealizes her perfect match as being not only passionate but also rich. Put differently, she develops fictional figures of men who enter in to fulfilling love relationships with her.
This imagination prevents her from facing the reality and contributes significantly to her development of unacceptable sexual behaviors which later lead to her downfall. The reliance on sentimental novels to provide her with comfort notably contributes to her development of fantasy and prevents her from appreciating her actual experiences. In addition, the vision that she creates in her mind about the type of man she wants makes it difficult for her to sustain her extra marital relations too. Notably, she feels dissatisfied with every man that she encounters as they do not have similar attributes as those of which she reads in the novels.
Her ambition to be class conscious and relate with the rich also leads to her downfall. When she marries Charles and finds out that she cannot have a fulfilling relationship with him, she resorts to buying things for her house as well as for herself. She tries desperately to associate herself with the rich and wealthy in society after she attends the La Vaubyessard ball (Flaubert, 67). Seemingly, this gave her a chance to experience the complex world of the upper class that is characterized by immense spending and sophisticated mannerisms. This makes her to have a love relationship with Rodolphe, whom she considers wealthy, besides making extravagant purchases. In the long run, the accumulated debts make her life miserable and contribute to her suicide death.
She puts unprecedented pressure on her husband to help her in climbing the social ladder. This is exemplified when she posits that her husband is experienced in performing surgery on club foots. The surgery fails and instead brings humiliation to her and the husband. At this point, it can be argued that had she not put pressure on Charles to perform surgery on an area that he was not well informed, this could not have culminated to the resultant humiliation.
Further, after she had been notified about that public auctioning of her property, she plunges in prostitution in order to source for funds to clear the debt and hence save her from the relative humiliation. However, this does not yield any beneficial results but rather frustrates her efforts. In the long run, she resorts to committing suicide as a way of escaping the inherent shame and public humiliation.
Conclusion
Characters usually play an instrumental role in literature with respect to relaying vital information to the audience. In Madame Bovary, the author uses the protagonist to inform the audience about the importance of upholding societal values. Madame Bovary contributes to her own downfall through her ambitions to live a wealthy life and have fulfilling sexual relationships. When her husband fails to provide her with this, she resorts to extra marital relationships and extravagance purchasing that increases her debt. Ultimately, she commits suicide in order to avoid public humiliation that would result from the auctioning of her property to repay the debt.
Work Cited
Gustave, Flaubert. Madame Bovary. USA: Bantam Books, 1982.
“Do Laws Against Workplace Harassment Violate Free Speech” By Eugene Kontorovich
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“Do Laws Against Workplace Harassment Violate Free Speech?” By Eugene Kontorovich
This article probes the extent to which antidiscrimination laws interfere with free speech, particularly in the workplace set up emphasizing that there is little difference between Florida’s Stop WOKE Act and the civil rights Act of 1964. Kontorovich notes that one of the main dirty secrets of American constitutional law is the tension that exists between free expression and antidiscrimination law. In August 2022, this issue blew into the public sphere after Mark Walker, a federal district judge struck a law in Florida pertaining to the hostile work environments infringing on the First amendment. According to the judge, the liberty of an employer is violated if they are not able to make racially, essentialist, stereotyping, and deprecatory comments (Kontorovich, 2). Judger Walker ruled in HoneyFund v. DeSantis that the First Amendment demands “marketplace of ideas.” As such, employees that tend to have an issue when their boss makes disparaging comments regarding their race, they should argue and not sue.
It is likely that the Florida ruling could have posed a bold conceptual challenge for discrimination-employment laws. Worth noting, the ruling goes against the towering edifice of a precedent from the Supreme Court. According to the ruling, combating sexism and racism is significant enough to justify speech restrictions in workplaces. However, the stance of Judge Walker barely deserves credit for such quixotic position. The stance only protects only the widely accepted racial insults with corporate and elite academic settings.
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Kontorovich, Eugene. “Do Laws Against Workplace Harassment Violate Free Speech?” WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022, www.wsj.com/articles/do-laws-against-workplace-harassment-violate-free-speech-stop-woke-act-desantis-dei-training-florida-legislature-race-11661340173.
“Coffin of Pedi-Osiris” Analysis
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“Coffin of Pedi-Osiris” Analysis
“Coffin of Pedi-Osiris” is a well carved and attracting art by Egyptian drawn between 332-30 BC demonstrating traditional cultural beliefs and customs. The engraved coffin portrays that Pedi had a high rank on that particular religion regarding how the body is wrapped with multiple linen clothing, gold face and some painted necklaces signifying a high rank on the religious community. The painting has been preserved especially to the extent of being in a glass frame which can be a symbol of loyalty and respect the entire community towards the deceased. The annotated catalog states that Egyptian designed the coffin in the likeliness of their entire gods who are believed to protect Pedi throughout his journey to eternal life. Generally, the artist uses the visual elements as well as principles of design in a sophisticated and impressive way to bring out a sacred outlook in describing the paramount Pedi-Osiris. In Egyptian’s “Coffin of Pedi-Osiris,” the author made use of composed proportion, active variety and unity acquiring a sense of coherence in representing the Egyptian cultural religion in an informative and exclusive way.
In this paper, the design principles and formal elements are discussed in an in-depth extent as they are the primary factors that convey an understanding of the image and are essential in carrying out its analysis. In “Coffin of Pedi-Osiris” artwork, the artist makes practical use of the visual elements which attracts the viewer’s attention. Some of these elements include texture, shape, form, line, value, color and space. The formal elements used have related to each other bringing out the in one piece image. For instance, the lines are the fundamental elements that act as the foundations of any drawing in signifying the shape and form of the image. Looking at the lines in the Egyptian’s artwork to a profound extent, the artist uses curved lines which suggests ease and comfort in expressing the intended facts. These lines are contour and expressive in their way that makes the author be able to have the real shape, form, and space that the artwork takes. The use of continuous lines leads the viewer’s eyes in a specific direction, and their thickness postulates the strength of the image.
The second visual element seen in the “Coffin of Pedi-Osiris” painting is the color. The color creates the viewer’s first impression towards the image, and with the overall outlook, the colors used to decorate the pictures are suggesting and dramatically communicates the author’s message regarding cultural values and norms. The face of the revered sculpture has been painted with gold color, its eyes are black-lined, and the fake beards are drawn in a unique color. The colors are associated with a kind of headship and supremacy postulating that the deceased Pedi was highly esteemed in the community. The act of appropriately using various colors enable the Egyptian to be able to accurately distinguish different clothing as well as the face of the carving. In this case, the clothes are painted red and covered by differently painted beads. The artist makes use of analogous colors to pain the drawing which effectively creates the rhythm of the image. The author somehow uses light value and consistent bright intensity color in the artwork.
The shape of “Coffin of Pedi-Osiris” scripture is organic as it represents a natural feature and in this case, it almost looks like that of a standing human being. According to the catalog, the carving acts as a drawing of a coffin seven inches in length which was made for the famous Egyptian priest Pedi. The artwork takes a solid shape thus represent in a three-dimensional form, and the curves and angles signify the artist is skilled and experienced in the drawing. The author applies the perspective of the picture and adequately uses art behavior to instigate a positive feeling to the viewers of the scripture. The form of the Egyptian’s image is three dimensional regarding that it has the length, width, as well as the depth and this, profoundly determines its shape.
The other formal element evident in the Egyptian’s artwork is the space. Space is the area around and between the object have been effectively used in drawing the “Coffin of Pedi-Osiris” carving. The artists have significantly utilized both the positive and negative space resulting in the proportionality between the real object and the free area in the image. The space in the artwork is real thus three-dimensional, and an atmospheric perspective is used. Through visual texture, the author has used his artistic skills efficiently in portraying a hard and rough texture. Texture determines the quality of work, and in this particular artwork, high value has been attained through the practical use of different colors while drawing. The artist’s skills in painting technique generate a positive illusion the illustrated texture.
Looking at the sculpture, the visual element goes hand in hand with the principles of design in making it a real and hilarious structure. These design principles evident in the Egyptian’s carving include balance, movement, pattern, emphasis, variety, unity, rhythm, and portion. They collectively describe how the artist makes use of the formal art elements in the painting. To start with emphasis, it is the underlying section of the artwork that attracts the viewer’s attention. In “Coffin of Pedi-Osiris” sculpture, the face of the image can be referred to as it emphasis. The author uses a gold color which is contrasting from the other defined red color of the clothing and black top head part to stress on the high rank and value of the deceased. The movement of the image is enhanced through the lines, color and shape which demonstrates the path in which the viewer’s eyes take to be able to differentiate between the actual object and space.
The author enhances balanced composition where the visual elements like color, shape the object weight, as well as the color, are well distributed throughout the image. The balance is asymmetrical as the elements such as shape and color in each side of the artwork seem to be different, and they still look balanced. The proportion of the image is competent as all the parts relate well in size creating a feeling of unity. In this case, the size of the head is proportional to the body of the sculpture signifying the standard form of human. The pattern of the image by Egyptian is coherent where elements such as the color of the clothing are repeated from the bottom to the top making the painting active and have a form of unity. The case is the same with the rhythm of “Coffin of Pedi-Osiris” carving where the color of the paint is put in an organized way. The artist significantly keeps the rhythm active and impressive thus effectively creates the mood of the viewer. The variety of the image is enhanced through various elements such as shape, color, and line ending up catching the audience attention. Also, the act of comprehensiveness of the art develops a feeling of accord among the viewer as a result of unity in using visual elements.
“Coffin of Pedi-Osiris” artwork by Egyptian appropriately employs the principles of designs and visual elements depicting the art skills and techniques the Egyptian had during those early days. The image conveniently portrays the cultural norms of the entire community regarding their religious beliefs and standards. The illustrated above analysis proves on how high quality the artwork is as it deploys balanced composition as well as the proportional and consistent use of art designs and formal rudiments.