Analysis Of Flaubert s Madame Bovary, Toni Morrison s...

Marriage is a covenant where two become one, cleaving to one another. The marital agreement between a man and a woman is a perpetual relationship establishing a covenant not a contract. As written on the Family Life website, Pat Ennis and Lisa Tatlock stated â€Å"A covenant cannot be broken if new circumstances occur. A contract can be voided by mutual consent.† In other words, the bond established by the man and the woman is an ongoing unending commitment to each another. In Gustave Flaubert’s â€Å"Madame Bovary,† Toni Morrison’s â€Å"Sula† and Kate Chopin’s two short stories â€Å"The Storm† and â€Å"The Story of an Hour† we see disloyalty, complex love, misery, unfulfillment and importantly, infidelity supposed matrimony. In the story â€Å"Madame Bovary,† Emma’s marriage is dull and uninteresting, her position as a wife and mother fails to make her happy or pleased. She has affairs with a man, named Rodolphe who is manipulative and seducing, also Leon who is a young musician. After she falls into misconduct she is still yet disappointed and unfulfilled in her desire for a meaningful life. For Emma, â€Å"†¦ all the bitterness of life seemed to be served to her on a plate†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Flaubert 62). She was angry and unhappy, with painful emotions – trying to fill a void within herself. Emma’s unfulfillment and ardent subjectivity boiled up to her breaking the covenant to her husband. Marriage as we must know, is ongoing despite the conditions. â€Å"Can two walk together except