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"The Fall of Madame Bovary" Madame Bovary is a classic, renowned for the impartialness and creativity that was put into it. It is considered an art form that is as pure as human art forms can be. Every line was created with objectivity in mind. Gustave Flaubert, the author, wanted to make a work that didn't reflect the opinion of the author, but simply displayed the events of a common woman's life, Madame Bovary, for …

…starts with a romantic nature must end in a romantic nature. And what is more classically romantic then suicide? Emma leaves the world in a way that fits the way she lived it. She is an idealist that can only imagine life with an abstract, fanciful concept of love. And so she dies. The story ends, and her downfall, which started with a love for love, ends when she must live in the real world.