Capp And Flaubert: Small City Motif

Capp and Flaubert weave a small city motif throughout the duration of both texts. Capp uses a small city motif as an indication of Esther’s desire for anonymity and serenity where she is free to explore herself whilst Flaubert uses a small city motif to indicate an underlying reason for Emma’s confinement. Confinement for both women plays a pivotal part in the reasons as to why they have not yet acquired self-identity and thus, presses readers to sympathise for the protagonists.
Symbolically, the men in both protagonist’s lives depict moments of failure to exuberate their persons. In saying this, readers are exposed to the symbol of Charles hat at the beginning of Part I which exemplifies the idea of self-identity and how easy it is to hide