Gustava Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" and Truth. An essay in which the line or the passage has been identyfied , explains its relationship to the work in which it is found, and analyze the rea

question: Select a moment or scene in a novel that you find especially memorable.         The novel Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert has many lessons hidden in seemingly ordinary dialogue, or scenes in the text. One of the most memorable and powerful passages contains what is a veritable moral of the novel. In the last third of the book, Emma Bovary's life goes on a rapid downward spiral, and in one significant scene, she reflects on …

…childhood, she created fantasies that she could not act out, and her marriage was also a lie. Her love affairs all ended in lies, and her business transactions were utterly fraudulent. Even her suicide was based on a lie--she lied to get the poison and lied to her husband when he asked what she ate. Thus, the line 'everything was a lie!' has enhanced significance when examined in the context of the entire novel.