Throughout Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary, the story frequently overlaps with realism and romanticism. Both are shown through Flaubert's attention to the details of ordinary, boring small-town life and the dialogue Emma shares with her targets of affection. This article will analyze several characters and their relationship with romanticism and realism, as well as Flaubert's attitude towards the bourgeois. Emma Bovary is the greatest shame of romance in the book. This is described in chapter eight, when she is at the ball. Although she is magnificent, she has almost no grace and falls elegantly on the Viscount. While she cherishes this moment, she embarrasses the Viscount who takes her back to her place to find a more suitable partner. While Emma fantasizes about this moment, the Viscount is already dancing the same dance with a new lady, who knows what to do and can follow him, thus improving his image. Other examples are scattered throughout the novel, including Emma's tragically exaggerated suicide with arsenic and the exaggerated tragic deathbed sequence that followed. Emma has high expectations when it comes to love due to reading many romantic novels. These novels excite her and fuel her desire to marry the man of her dreams. However, her dreams of having the perfect romance are shattered almost immediately after she marries Charles. Their love wasn't like the ones she read about in books. Charles, the realist, did not satisfy Emma, ​​the romantic. Charles was a simple man, a hard worker, but not very intelligent. Another fact seemed truer to him than any other character: he loved Emma. His love for her, although often rejected by Emma because he was not the overly passionate romantic love she desired, burned in the middle of paper......like. Finally, Charles would be at the more realistic end of the spectrum, with no illusions about his life, about himself, or about what he wanted in the future. All these characters represent different views of romanticism and realism and combine them in a way that makes them different. gives rise to a very interesting literary work. Flaubert's attacks on romanticism spring forth through Léon and Emma, ​​their passionate ideals ringing hollow and empty while the realistic views of Homais and Rodolphe are more successful. Flaubert's own opinion of the bourgeoisie, based on this novel, could not be positive. His ability to capture an accurate view of middle-class life and present it in a way that is both realistic and entertaining provides great insight into his own views. Although he values ​​objectivity more than anything else in his works, his views come through very clearly..