A day of a common doctor, Charles Bovary, is described in Gustave Flaubert’s passage from Madame Bovary. The author uses great detail to show the reader the typical house call in 1902. Due to this detail, the author establishes the tones of calmness and intensity. Throughout the passage from Madame Bovary, the tones established through detail, imagery and figurative language reveal the character of Charles to the reader. The detail in the beginning of the passage allows the reader to feel a serene and calm tone. The woman with the “blue dress with three flounces” welcomes Charles into her home with a “big open fire”, just as the “first rays of sun” peaks through the windows. This allows the reader to feel the serenity of a typical home. The descriptions of the girl and the fire provides warmth, which has archetypical meaning. Gustave uses such details, involving time of day, to establish the serenity found in morning, and throughout the home. As Charles visits the patient, he determines the patient’s fracture is “clean” and “without complications of any kind”. Charles also mentions that there was nothing “simpler” to treating the broken bone. The use of the word “clean” shows that the injury is not dangerous and nothing to worry about, therefore adding to the calmness. When Charles says there was nothing “simpler”, he also adds to the serene feeling by establishing that the patient’s fracture will be cured without much fuss. The tone of calmness is also demonstrated when Charles Bovary "recalled his teacher's bedside manner" and consoles the "patient" with "facetious remarks." Instead of panicking and moving into a frenzy to cure the man, Charles reflects on how to handle the man, knowing the injury will take less effort than dealing with the actual patient. By describing exactly how Charles handles the situation cooly and calmly, Flaubert reveals that Charles is