In 1851, a new literary figure vowed to produce a work that shocked the world.
He didn't expect it to be so difficult to write, so he had to spend 12 hours a day on it, and even wanted to cry from time to time.
He is glad that he persevered, and after 4 years and 6 months of hard work, he finally succeeded in publishing his painstaking work in the well-known journal Paris Magazine.
However, once the work came out, the reviews were mixed.
The book was deemed immoral by the judicial authorities, who took the author to court. The French orthodox literary community also showed a strong rejection of the book.
The book was so popular with readers that many of the women of the boudoir wrote letters expressing their identification with the heroine, even saying, "I know her, I love her, she is like a close friend of mine." ”
As a result of this achievement, the author is even considered one of the pioneers of French literature and became famous.
Flaubert was the author of Madame Bovary, a controversial book.
How can a peasant girl indulge in love and become disillusioned, such a peach-colored story has become one of the top ten in the world, and it is still talked about today?
Perhaps, a sentence from Su Tong's writer can explain this: "Although it is a ** about women, it shows all kinds of issues covered by 'people' vividly and delicately." ”
In this all-encompassing encyclopedia, Madame Bovary is on the one hand mired in reality and crumbling;On the other hand, they can't help but chase their dreams. The sourness and unwillingness in her heart reveal the various dilemmas of inner contradictions and collapse of adults.
A hundred years ago, Flaubert felt the same way: "I am Madame Bovary!".”
A hundred years later, you and I may actually be the modern version of Madame Bovary!
Who wants to live an ordinary life?
A farmer's daughter, the protagonist of ** Emma.
When she was 13 years old, her father made some money digging for a living, so he sent her to a convent for an aristocratic education.
Emma had extraordinary talents, and was no less than a wealthy lady, and soon became proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
However, she didn't know when she began to secretly listen to the ** full of love, read the romantic plot**, and even fantasized about experiencing a love affair with lightning and thunder.
The dean gradually realizes that something is wrong with Emma and decides to send her back to the country.
Emma is tired of the loneliness in the countryside, and when she feels bored, she meets Mr. Bovary, the village doctor who is treating her father.
Bovary was a taciturn man, honest and cowardly, but he was well known for his skills in the countryside.
Bovary is taken by Emma's father, who plans to match Bovary with his daughter.
She was anxious to get out of her monotonous life through marriage, so she did not hesitate to marry the past.
However, the deeper the hope, the heavier the disappointment.
Emma longs for her honeymoon in a villa with a spacious balcony, but in reality, her marital room is mundane and aesthetically devoid, and the garden at home is anything but outstanding.
She hoped that her husband would be as brave as a lion and as gentle as a sheep, but in fact the person next to her was clumsy and boring, not good at swimming and sword dancing, and just going to doctor all day long.
It was at this time that her husband, Bovary, cured a marquis of a mouth sore, and in return invited them to a meeting at the mansion.
It was in that place that Emma was first touched in her life with the ideal life she had always dreamed of, with its opulent castles, exquisite cuisine, bejeweled costumes, and elegant manners of red men and women.
What is even more amazing is that she danced a waltz with a handsome viscount for an entire night.
Once the soul is bathed in the aura of wealth, it is difficult to return to its original appearance.
Emma has been depressed since returning from the prom, as if she has completely changed as a person.
She hungrily browsed through the map of Paris, subscribing to fashion magazines, and longing for the flowery world outside.
She tried to train her husband to become a suave aristocratic man by reading love poems and singing ditty tunes.
No matter how hard she tried, she was still in the barren countryside, her husband still couldn't understand her, and she herself was still an ordinary village woman, with a depressed face.
When I thought of the old classmates I met in the monastery and the ladies I saw at the ball, although they were not as qualified as myself, they all lived a glorious life, and I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in my heart.
Emma was depressed and miserable: "Am I *** worthy of those women who live happily ever after?”
In the past, I thought that Emma's troubles were self-inflicted, but now that I see this, I have changed my opinion.
She always had unrealistic thoughts, and although she was in the countryside, her heart drifted to Paris, and she often thought about what was wrong.
It wasn't until later that I realized that the well-educated Emma should have had a bright future.
Due to practical issues such as her origins, she was forced to return to the countryside and had to endure a husband and a marriage with different views.
She struggled helplessly in the bitter sea of life, and finally chose to take the wrong path.
When we were younger, we used to be like that.
Expect to dress up in gorgeous clothes, ride a galloping horse, and adventure around the world.
However, the dream in the heart is far from the actual status quo, and life always cruelly restricts people, forcing them to be confined to daily chores.
Who hasn't experienced some unwillingness, when all efforts have been in vain?
The writer Mai once said: "Our lives always seem to require us to become ordinary, but we aspire to go beyond the ordinary." ”
In this life, I was unwilling to just pass by in a hurry, leaving no trace.
The hard work of a lifetime of management has finally become a dream-like mirror, which is unwilling.
What is even more unwilling is that I am not willing to easily give up this world to those who are far inferior to myself.
Every disgruntled person carries the shadow of Madame Bovary.
Who doesn't crave someone to rely on?
Emma is getting thinner and thinner, and her surroundings make her feel depressed and hopeless.
Bovary was so anxious that he decided to move his family to a larger city, hoping to help his beloved wife get out of her predicament and regain her health as soon as possible.
Soon after, Emma's face was bright again.
She felt lucky because she got to know Leon, a multi-talented law firm intern who excelled in writing and drawing.
In Emma's bleak world, Leon becomes a ray of light, and his every movement is mesmerizing.
However, Emma did not dare to take offense because of moral constraints.
Leon was young and immature, mistakenly believing that Emma did not have a crush on him, so he hurried to Paris.
Emma was very chagrined, and she regretted not seizing happiness in time, causing her already dry heart to be even more thirsty, like a fish on a chopping board desperately thirsting for water.
In the midst of painful torment, the wealthy landowner Rodolf showed his unscrupulous heart.
He is a master of love, and he has long understood the loneliness and emptiness in Emma's heart. Through some clever rhetoric, he succeeded in confusing Emma.
Emma was completely unaware that she had become a charming target in the eyes of others.
She feels that she has a new look, life seems to have become meaningful, she is no longer an ordinary self, but the elated heroine in love.
She imitated the manners of upper-class women, wrote sympathetic love poems for her lover in every way, and gave expensive luxuries.
Even if she has limited assets, she is willing to borrow from loan sharks.
The more intimate Emma became with her lover, the more disgusted she was at her husband's rude behavior, and she hated marriage for shackling her like a shackle.
Convinced that only Rodoff could give her the happiness and joy she wanted, she repeatedly forced him to take her to elope.
Rodolfo was disgusted by this situation, and without hesitation, threw out a breakup letter and left.
Emma had thought that love could change the desolation of her life, but it was love that shattered her dreams.
She longs for someone to lend a hand, but unexpectedly, that person is the one who pushes her into the abyss.
Eventually, when Emma learns that she has been abandoned, she screams and passes out.
We've also had moments like Emma, feeling tired of the status quo, unable to get out of it, longing for miracles and longing for salvation from others.
However, as André Moloya puts it: "Fate is often against those who seek happiness based on external factors rather than on their own strength." ”
Sooner or later, the food will get colder;The light of begging will eventually be extinguished.
I would rather face the cold alone than endure a bad temper with others, fearing the danger of being thrown into an ice cave at any time.
Why don't you build a stove with your own hands and learn to keep warm from the cold?
Never wait for someone to reward you with warmth, but always strive to be the shining star in your own life.
Whose life isn't led by the nose by desire?
After a long period of coma, Emma finally woke up under the careful care of her husband.
Disheartened, she decided to become a good wife and mother.
She lives a quiet few days in the theater, where she unexpectedly reunites with her intern Leon.
Leon, who is adrift in Paris, becomes **uninhibited, and he skillfully ignites Emma's long-suppressed **.
This time, Emma pinned all her hopes on Leon.
She cheats on her husband under the pretext of learning the piano and actually goes on secret dates with Leon at various high-end hotels.
However, as time went on, Emma began to feel that the excitement of ** became as boring as marriage.
However, Emma still doesn't want to get out of bed.
She is determined to sustain this unsatisfactory relationship by investing more money, and only in this way can she become a noble lady immersed in happiness, rather than the wife of an ordinary village doctor.
She was generous with Leon's outfits, taking great pains to buy outfits, while she focused on food and fashion.
When she didn't have enough money, she would secretly sell her husband's inheritance, and if things worse, she would turn to a loan shark and sign an IOU.
A series of snowflake bills kept pouring in, and Emma never glanced at them, just threw them in a drawer and went on living as she pleased.
Until one day, a court summons completely shatters Emma's beautiful vision.
She had accumulated a huge debt of 8,000 francs, which she had to pay off within 24 hours, or she would be forced to mortgage her property and furniture.
Emma is afraid to confess to her husband, so she has to look for someone to borrow money from, but no one will pay attention to her.
She borrowed 1,000 francs from her lover Léon, but the young man left under the pretext that he was going out to find help from a friend, never to return.
Emma hastily turned to the notary Guillaumann for help, hoping for help, but the other party verbally agreed, intending to take advantage of her predicament.
Emma flees after being humiliated, and she pleads with her old flame Rodoff for help, holding on to the last glimmer of hope.
Although Rodolfo owned a number of estates, one second he was still talking sweetly to Emma, and the next second he heard the word "borrow money", so he replied mercilessly "I am penniless" and sent her away.
Emma was out of breath because of a mountain of debt.
Her crumbling heart finally found the last straw that crushed her in the betrayal and abandonment of her lovers.
Out of despair and hatred, Emma swallowed a large mouthful of arsenic and eventually died.
Some believe that it was the mismatch between Emma's great desires and abilities that led to her misfortune.
She was originally a peasant girl, but she longed to live like a noblewoman, hoping to get rid of the dull married life through a certain relationship. However, she fails to recognize the huge gap between her ideals and reality, and is eventually swayed by greed, unable to escape the fate of self-destruction.
However, Sigmund Freud once famously said, "Man is an animal full of desires and driven by desires." ”
In the quagmire of desire, not only Emma is deeply trapped in it, but even we ourselves are getting deeper and deeper, unable to escape.
Although I understand that this idea is a bit unrealistic, I still want to be able to make the domineering president obsessed with me.
I know that staying up late is harmful to my body, but I choose to use the most expensive ** to spend the longest night.
Although I understand that I can't do it at the same time, I still want to work easily and with a high salary, close to home.
In front of the black hole of desire, how many teenage heroes have lost their armor, and how many ordinary people have followed the old path of Madame Bovary.
In this life, we are more or less paying for our desires.
However, efforts must continue to be made to control desire, to restrain it, and to harness it.
Only in this way can we get rid of the trouble of illusory illusions, get rid of the cage of fate, and be responsible for our own lives.
I'm sorry, but I can't help.
There is a very interesting question circulating on the Internet.
Why did Flaubert name his work "Madame Bovary" instead of "Emma", and what was the meaning of this?
Views were expressed in that regard.
Emma is a romantic maiden name, while Bovary is a husband's surname, which has its roots in the meaning of "the cow of Mune".
The author's deliberate choice of these two names not only shows the conflict between romance and mundane reality, but also reveals that Emma played the role of Madame Bovary throughout her life, entrusting her fate to others and never really living herself.
As I read Emma's story, many stood on high ground, saddened by her misfortune and angry at her indisputability.
Under the pressure of life, after the bumpy road of life, I realized:
In every aspect of humanity, we can see our own shadow in the desires, vanities, fantasies and reluctance to mediocrity exposed by Madame Bovary.
Since the ordinary has become a fate that cannot be rewritten, the weakness of human nature is inevitable.
After seeing the truth of fate, it is a kind of wisdom to still choose to love life.
Accept the arrangement of fate, face it calmly, and do your best to change, and then let it happen naturally.
Living in a time when everyone is like Madame Bovary, only by overcoming your own desires and weaknesses can you make your life more meaningful.