Madame Bovary features a woman who is unhappy with every part of her life. From her husband to her possessions, Emma Bovary hates her life. She is temporarily happy when new things come into her life- men, clothes, and places to go- but soon after that she goes back to her boo-hooing. Personally, I think she is suffering from depression. She is sad about everything constantly wishing for the better side of life or just an alternative to what her life is like. Her husband goes completely out of his way to please her and most of the time that means spending money. She doesn't ever appreciate what he does for her. This novel doesn't talk so much about her insecurity as it talks about her need to escape.
Although it was written so many decades before our modern times, this novel's message can be applied to society today. Everyone is always looking for bigger and better things and never satisfied. Greed leads to destruction; Emma can agree with that.
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