The majority of people in the world love stories about happiness, romance, drama, and just captivating topics in general. If a person constantly reads books that have the same type of theme, they will most likely start to look for things related to what they're reading in their books, in their everyday lives. People love reading, but diving into books too deeply and thriving over the subjects in the text can definitely be dangerous. In, "Madame Bovary," by Gustave Flaubert, the ways in which Emma was affected by the tales of romance and utopias that she read from her books deeply molded her into an impatient, bratty, foolish, and unrealistic woman, who essentially dug her own grave.
Emma Bovary quickly grew very impatient with how things were going with her husband, Charles-regarding their marriage. In chapter 7, when Emma and her husband were on their honeymoon, all she could think about is Leon. "Henceforth the memory of Leon was the centre of her boredom," (Flaubert 204). Because of the emotional attachment that she had to Leon, she became even more disinterested and indifferent towards Charles. From the day that Charles and Emma met, Emma was searching for more-more than Charles was giving. It's understandable that Emma simply wasn't happy in her marriage, because it's easy for people to be unhappy within their relationships, but Emma didn't put in the time and work that may have been needed to improve their consortium. Emma attempted to give her relationship with Charles time, but in reality, Emma thought she was being much more patient than she really was. This is not to say that Charles was the most interesting, or romantic man in the husband drawer. Any woman would be expected to become detached from their spouse if they didn't hold their attention, but Emma could've definitely given her marriage with Charles more time to flourish. Emma's infatuation with both Leon and Rodolphe, separately, was also full of impatience.
