s to get along with the aristocratic society. It was like her own little fairytale and she didn't want it to ever end. After having a taste of the higher lifestyle, it was very hard for Emma to return to her home and her very boring life. Since Emma was so unhappy she began dreaming of another life with a new husband. She wanted a man who would sweep her off her feet. What she was looking for, she seemed to find in Leon. He was the first person Emma ever met who shared the same interests in literature, music, and related subjects. A bond rapidly developed between the two. However, Leon soon realized that there was no future in his love for a married woman. "As for Emma, she didn't think she was in love with him. Love, she believed , should arrive all at once with thunder and lightning--a whirlwind from the skies that affects life, turns it every which way, wrests resolutions away like leaves, and plunges the entire heart into an abyss." (111). It was not until he was gone when she realized her mistake in not letting Leon know of her love. When Emma met Rodolphe she was in a very vulnerable state. She disliked her husband and her present life, she wanted romance and passion. I think this is what led her to commit adultery. The idea of having an affair was very exciting to her. "She remembered the heroines in the books she had read, and the lyrical legion of these adulterous women began to sing in her memory with sisterly voices enchanting her. She herself became a part of these fantasies. She was realizing the long dream of her adolescence, seeing herself as one of those amorous womenshe had so long envied." (163).Emma believed her dream was finally coming true. Within time Emma began wanting things to change. She cannot remain in one situation for a long period of time. She was no longer satisfied with having an affair, she insisted that Rodolphe and her flee to a far away place. However, her insistence scares him aw...
