Madame Bovary

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/madame-bovary

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote Madame Bovary?Gustave Flaubert
2. What is the original publication date?October 1, 1856
3. What is the setting?Normandy, France
4. What is Madame Bovary about?It is a story about a woman named Emma who dreams of a glamorous life but finds her real life ordinary and disappointing.
5. Why does Emma want to be rich and fancy?Because she read romantic books that showed fancy love and luxury, and she wanted to live like that.

Free Indirect Discourse: A narrative technique that blends the third-person narrator's voice with a character's thoughts and feelings.
Bourgeoisie: The middle class, often characterized by their adherence to conventional social norms and material aspirations.
Disillusionment: A feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.
Realism: An artistic movement that sought to depict subjects truthfully, without artificiality or exotic embellishment.