In the novel, Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert uses a very descriptive style of writing in order to mock bourgeois life in nineteenth century France, to portray the dangers of fantasy, and to reveal the effects of self-delusion. Continually, the author uses the heroine, Emma, and the other elements in the novel in a way that forces the reader to realize the emptiness of modern life and to eventually identify with the heroine\'s search for …showed first 75 words of 1268 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1268 total…her readings, only to inevitably find self-destruction. In her search for ecstasy and her quest for fulfillment, she becomes a victim of that fantasy life which she pursues. Feeling the emptiness of bourgeois life, Emma is ultimately left like a distraught character in one of her novels. She is constantly “searching for some white sail far away where the horizon turns to mist” (49), only to find herself deluded by her fantasies and disillusioned by reality.