...Portrait of Madame X, painted by American artist John Singer Sargent in 1884, is the portrait of a young American expatriate and Parisian socialite named Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau. The sexual evocativeness of her pose and the pale color of her skin caused much controversy after its unveiling and forced Sargent to withdraw it from the Paris Salon. This ruined his promising career as a portrait painter in France and damaged Gautreau's reputation, yet today the portraits flawless technical skill and composition have made it a timeless masterpiece that makes us wonder how it could have ever been considered nothing more than trash. Gautreau was born in New Orleans, Lousiana, on January 29, 1859. After her father died in 1862 of wounds he received in the Battle of Shiloh, her mother took her daughters to Paris, where they established themselves in the highest ranks of French society. Gautreau grew up to become one of Paris' most celebrated beauties, something she prided herself exceedingly with. Sargent, like much of society, was fascinated by her looks and believed a portrait of her would launch his career as a famous painter. Thus begun his efforts to get her to sit for him. Chances that she would accept his request were slim, as Gautreau regularly turned down these types of inquiries. After two years of pleading on behalf of Sargent, she finally consented and chose him out of many other talented artists for the job. After studying Gautreau's beautiful hourglass figure and...
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...Name Professor Course Date Madame Bovary Analysis paper Introduction Human stupidity, despair and misery experienced by the people who are unable to resolve conflicts between their imaginings and unrealistic aspirations in the real world. This study is referred to as Madame Bovary. The study examines the conformist’s conventions and myth of their progress hence exposing their weakness and hypocrisies. Emma Bovary introduces us to love and romance and shows us how Emma’s unrealized dreams of passionate romance contribute to her happiness. In addition, it helps us to know whether Emma’s romantic expectation was attainable or it was a fanciful impossibility and how Emma and Leon attempted to make each other fall into a romantic ideas (Meehan27). The Emma Bovary novel entails the love story of Emma who was a daughter of a patient and married by Charles. After the two had an elaborate wedding, they built a house in Tostes where Charles did his practice. The marriage did not build up the Emma’s romantic expectation that she dreamed of love and marriage as a solution of all her glitches since she was a young girl. After Emma started to attend an extravagant ball at the home of a nobleman who had great wealth, she begun to view her dreams in a more sophisticated life. She started to grow bored and depressed when she compared her fantasies to the humdrum reality of village life and mostly, the state of being restless made her ill. When Emma became pregnant, her husband escaped...
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...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...
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...Name Professor Course Date Madame Bovary Analysis paper Introduction Human stupidity, despair and misery experienced by the people who are unable to resolve conflicts between their imaginings and unrealistic aspirations in the real world. This study is referred to as Madame Bovary. The study examines the conformist’s conventions and myth of their progress hence exposing their weakness and hypocrisies. Emma Bovary introduces us to love and romance and shows us how Emma’s unrealized dreams of passionate romance contribute to her happiness. In addition, it helps us to know whether Emma’s romantic expectation was attainable or it was a fanciful impossibility and how Emma and Leon attempted to make each other fall into a romantic ideas (Meehan27). The Emma Bovary novel entails the love story of Emma who was a daughter of a patient and married by Charles. After the two had an elaborate wedding, they built a house in Tostes where Charles did his practice. The marriage did not build up the Emma’s romantic expectation that she dreamed of love and marriage as a solution of all her glitches since she was a young girl. After Emma started to attend an extravagant ball at the home of a nobleman who had great wealth, she begun to view her dreams in a more sophisticated life. She started to grow bored and depressed when she compared her fantasies to the humdrum reality of village life and mostly, the state of being restless made her ill. When Emma became pregnant, her husband escaped...
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...notmyessay Wesleyan University WesScholar Division I Faculty Publications Arts and Humanities 1995 Anna Karenina: Tolstoy 's Polemic with Madame Bovary Priscilla Meyer Wesleyan University, pmeyer@wesleyan.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/div1facpubs Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Arts and Humanities at WesScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Division I Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of WesScholar. For more information, please contact dschnaidt@wesleyan.edu, ljohnson@wesleyan.edu. Recommended Citation Priscilla Meyer. "Anna Karenina: Tolstoy's Polemic with Madame Bovary" Russian Review 54.2 (1995): 243-259. Anna Karenina: Tolstoy's Polemic with Madame Bovary PRISCILLA MEYER D id Tolstoy intend a dialogue with Flaubert's Madame Bovary when he wrote Anna Karenina? Boris Eikhenbaum agrees with the French critics who found traces of Tolstoy's study of French literature in Anna Karenina, though he emphasizes the complexity of Tolstoy's struggle with the tradition of the "love" novel.' George Steiner long ago concluded that "all that can be said is that Anna Karenina was written in some awareness of its predecessor."2 But the evidence of that awareness is so abundant and suggestive that it is worth examining the possibility of a more detailed dialectic than Eikhenbaum and Steiner suppose.3 Tolstoy arrived in Paris on 21 February 1857. Less than...
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...One of François Boucher’s many portraits of Madame de Pompadour is of her at her dressing. As seen in Figure I – and this will be the portrait in discussion for the rest of the paper – this half-length rococo portrait depicts the marquise sitting in a yellowish-brown chair before a dressing table performing her daily toilette. At first glance, we are immediately drawn to the pink ruffles and the lace of her costume, the decorative cameo on her wrist, the flowers and the gold powder box crowned by a white puff on the table to the rogue box of gold and the powdered brush, up towards the pink on her cheeks and the blue bow on her hair. To the right of the composition lies the back edge of what looks to be a small mirror used to aid Pompadour in...
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...to the West which made them want to capture and colonize Eastern countries. Two main arguments that Said claimed was that the East and the West were divided into two separate boundaries of the world. Said also felt that it was the job of the West to civilize the East. The West was considered to be the civilized boundary and the East was uncivilized. Finally he believed that stereotypes would give false justification towards Western boundaries about the East. Said believed that it was the job of the West who were the civilized people to educate and change the uncivilized. He felt that East needed guidance and help in order to stay a float as a country and be successful. You see that in the movie Madame Butterfly Said’s ideas played a major role in it. You can say that in the movie René Gallimard played the role of the West and Song Liling represents the East. Throughout the play you can see Said’s main ideas run through the love affair of René and Song. You watch as Song tries to teach René ancient riddles and traditions. She tried to show him the good in the East by having him explore the mysteriousness of he arts. Then on the other hand you see René try and civilize Song. He tries to teach her about politics and international affairs. The times you see René with his real wife you realize his true feelings and that is that the Easterners are years behind the West. He feels that he is another...
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...it has elements of the romantic in it. Although it is said that Flaubert took inspiration from characters in his own life, there are certain aspects of the novel that hints at it being somewhat romantic. In particular, the protagonists view on nature and her compassion have been interpreted as somewhat romantic. Flaubert’s most prestigious book, Madame Bovary, caused quite a stir due to its moral content. ‘Un Cœur Simple’ did not cause quite as much controversy. But the debate surrounding Madame Bovary had a lot to do with Flaubert's realistic writing style; he did not believe in inspiration and muses—he believed in working hard and simply reporting exactly what he saw. He believed in inspection and accurate imitation. Hence the reason the life that was reproduced in ‘Madame Bovary’ shocked the people of the time so much, because of Flaubert’s realism, he wrote it exactly as he saw it. Madame Bovary has been described as the highest stage of French realist writing. The realist authors and the novels themselves were all condemned as immoral due to their content and Flaubert was even taken to court over the subject matter in ‘Madame Bovary’. Realism was highly contentious because compared with its...
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...Cast of Madame Bovary: A Study of Realism and Romanticism Through the Characters of the Novel Gustave Flaubert is considered one of the most influential novelists of the Realist period. His most famous work, Madame Bovary, earned both heavy criticism and fame for its controversial style and mockery of Romanticism. The novel itself even went to trial, being banned for a while due to immorality (Various, 1). Many elements commonly found in Romantic novels were criticized and, to an extent, parodied in Madame Bovary. This stems from Flaubert having a cynical view of others, as well as a generally pessimistic outlook on life that was influenced by a young philosopher, Alfred Le Poittevin, who he met at an early age (Barzun, 1). This paper will describe how Flaubert goes after Romantic stereotypes within his masterpiece, looking at several of the characters and how they relate to both Romanticism and Realism, and to Flaubert’s personal life. Emma Bovary, Madame Bovary herself, is the biggest insult to Romanticism within the novel. Her self-view as a wronged lady forced into a situation lower than her status reflects many heroines of Romantic works who, while happy with their status, have the touch of nobility that Emma sees herself having. An excellent example of this is in chapter eight, when Emma participates in the ball. She, while being very beautiful, possesses almost no grace (being a farm girl, after all) and clumsily falls on the Vicomte. While she takes it as a tender...
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...Crystal Taylor Professor Chambers English 2333-53001 April 8 2014 From Romanticism to Realism in 19th Century The late nineteenth century was a period of incredible change as political empires broke up, independence rose, the power of the middle class replaced that of the dignity, and colonization grew. Although there were efforts to recover spiritual interest, normally organized religion reduced in influence in the late nineteenth century and was replaced by personal spiritual, moral, or theoretical beliefs. Literature developed as the creative standard that best expressed the social, economic, and logical concerns of the day, moving away from the issues and styles associated with Romanticism earlier in the century. Although in literature romantic elements in the Elizabeth and dramas, the English literary romanticism from the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads shows romanticism in a different light than other stories. Wordsworth stated his belief that poetry results from "the natural overflow of powerful feelings," and pressed for the use of natural everyday expression in literary works. Coleridge emphasized, the importance of the poet's thoughts and discounted devotion to personal literary rules. William Blake was maybe the most outstanding of the English romantics. His poems and paintings are blissful, creative, and heavily descriptive, indicating the unworldly reality fundamental the physical reality. Romanticism stresses on...
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...In ‘Madame Bovary’ by Gustave Flaubert, Charles Bovary, an undereducated doctor of medicine has two wives in his life. The first wife, Madame Dubuc, dies and Emma Rouault, his second wife, after many affairs commits suicide, the fate of Charles and Emma's marriage is described by an elaborate connection of symbolic relations. The relationships of the shutter's sealing bang, Emma's long dress that keeps her from happiness, the plaster priest that conveys the actions of the couple, the restless greyhound, and Emma burning her wedding bouquet are all images of eternal doom to the couple's marriage. Charles Bovary first met Emma Rouault when he was on a medical call to fix her father's broken leg. Not long after his arrival Emma catches his interest. Her actions satisfy his hearts need for a young, fresh mind and body. The old widow that he is currently married to dies of chagrin. This saddens Charles but his mind stays on Emma. After frequent visits to her farm, even after her father's leg was healed, Charles gives a thought about if he would like to marry Emma but he is uncertain. Her father sees Charles' interest in his daughter and takes it upon himself to engage the two. He waits until Charles is departing and then confronts him about the engagement. As expected Charles accepts the marriage and the father runs to the house to receive Emma's acceptance. This was to be shown by the opening of a shutter door. "Suddenly he heard a sound from the house: the shutter had slammed...
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...the EMI mailroom, and an estate agency where he had his worst job ever as a canvasser. Trade Mark Brutally honest Solid-coloured shirts and sweaters (usually white, grey or black) with jeans. Dropped out of school at the age of 16. A TV commercial proposal was made to him by his agent who told him that he would be paid $1m for a day's work (the good news). When Cowell asked about the bad news, he was informed that the commercial was for "Viagra". Cowell reneged (interview: "Piers Morgan Tonight: Episode dated 5 April 2011" (2011)). [2010] A dog lover. A woman broke into his London home in 2011. Susan Boyle's star-making audition was one of Cowell's favourite moments on Britain's Got Talent (2009). Has a waxwork figure in Madame Tussauds. Before becoming famous, Cowell held down several brief jobs; quantity surveyor, a job at Tesco (he never made it past the interview), trainee law clerk, a runner, a waiter, a job in the EMI mailroom, and an estate agency where he had his worst job ever as a canvasser. [To the infamous Keith who sang a horrible rendering of 'Like a Virgin'] "Keith, last year I described someone as being the worst singer in America. I think you're possibly the worst singer in the world ... I've never, ever heard anything like that in my life, ever." I don't want babies the same way I wouldn't want a puppy. It's too much responsibility. I don't take myself seriously and I don't consider myself...
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...Wesleyan University WesScholar Division I Faculty Publications Arts and Humanities 1-1-1995 Anna Karenina: Tolstoy's Polemic with Madame Bovary Priscilla Meyer Wesleyan University, pmeyer@wesleyan.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/div1facpubs Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons Recommended Citation Priscilla Meyer. "Anna Karenina: Tolstoy's Polemic with Madame Bovary" Russian Review 54.2 (1995): 243-259. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Arts and Humanities at WesScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Division I Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of WesScholar. For more information, please contact dschnaidt@wesleyan.edu, ljohnson@wesleyan.edu. Karenina: Anna Tolstoy's Polemic Madame Bovary PRISCILLA MEYER with id Tolstoy intend a dialogue with Flaubert's Madame Bovary when he wrote D Anna Karenina? Boris Eikhenbaum agrees with the French critics who found traces of Tolstoy's study of French literature in Anna Karenina, though he emphasizes the complexity of Tolstoy's struggle with the tradition of the "love" novel.' George Steiner long ago concluded that "all that can be said is that Anna Karenina was written in some awareness of its predecessor."2 But the evidence of that awareness is so abundant and suggestive that it is worth examining the possibility of a more detailed dialectic than Eikhenbaum and Steiner suppose.3 Tolstoy arrived in Paris on 21 February 1857. Less than...
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...Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary tells the story of a woman’s quest to make her life into a novel. Emma Bovary attempts again and again to escape the ordinariness of her life by reading novels, daydreaming, moving from town to town, having affairs, and buying luxurious items. One of the most penetrating debates in this novel is whether Flaubert takes on a romantic and realistic view. Is he a realist, naturalist, traditionalist, a romantic, or neither of these in this novel? According to B. F. Bart, Flaubert “was deeply irritated by those who set up little schools of the Beautiful -- romantic, realistic, or classical for that matter: there was for him only one Beautiful, with varying aspects...” (206) Although, Henry James has no doubt that Flaubert combines his techniques and his own style in order to transform his novel into a work that clearly exhibits romanticism and a realistic view, despite Bart’s arguments. Through the characters actions, especially of Emma Bovary’s, and of imagery the novel shows how Flaubert is a romantic realist. Flaubert gives Emma, his central character, an essence of helpless romanticism so that it would express the truth throughout the novel. It is Emma’s early education, described for an entire chapter by Flaubert, that awakens in her a struggle against what she perceives as confinement. Her education at the convent is the most significant development in the novel between confinement and escape. Vince Brombert explains “that the convent is...
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...Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary are two novels written in two different languages, around the same time period (late 1800s). Though they belong to two separate countries and are separated in history by a margin of about twenty five years, their socio political setting, and situational complexities are quite similar. ‘Madam Bovary’ takes us on a journey through the life of the extremely complex character of Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Raised in a convent, a lover of sensuality, desirous of an expensive urban lifestyle yet not very smart about money, it is this dichotomy of traits that keeps Emma careening from one radically different situation to the next: first falling hard for her father's roving rural doctor Charles Bovary, thinking that their marriage will finally bring her the sophisticated Paris life full of passion and grandeur she's always dreamed of; but instead getting stuck in a provincial town where nothing ever happens and trying and failing at a domestic life. This leads to a hot-and-cold emotional affair with a young law student named Leon, followed by a much more serious affair with a major womanizer named Rodolphe. An unceremonial dumping by Rodolphe after she offers to leave her husband for him and bring her daughter along leads to a short period again in her life as a pious born-again Christian. A reacquaintance with Leon, the now successful young urban...
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