Literary Analysis: Madame Bovary & Hamlet Structure

Structural Arrangement of Madame Bovary

This piece is divided into ___ lines. The first corresponds to ___, the second to ____, and the last corresponds to the end ___.

Book Structure: Three Parts

The book is divided into three parts:

The First Part

This part consists of nine chapters. It begins with Charles's early life, including his childhood and studies, and how he married his first wife. Also in this first part, Emma, the daughter of one of Charles's patients, meets him. Charles falls in love with Emma, and after his first wife dies, he marries her. The first part concludes with their marriage and move to Tostes.

The Second Part

This part consists of 15 chapters and begins when they move, detailing Emma's frustration with her marriage. She yearns for a life like the bourgeois characters in the novels she reads. Rodolphe becomes her lover but abandons her after his departure to Paris.

The Third Part

This part has 11 chapters which detail her relationship with her second lover, Léon, who eventually leaves her. Emma, frustrated and persecuted by her debts, decides to kill herself with arsenic.

Structural Arrangement of Hamlet

The play is divided into five acts.

Act-by-Act Breakdown

• The first act has 13 scenes and is where the plot is presented.
• The second act has 11 scenes, introducing new characters and sub-themes.
• In the third act, we find Hamlet's key dialogues and soliloquies.
• The fourth act, with 24 scenes, serves as a bridge to the final outcome.
• Finally, the fifth act presents the linear final outcome.

The play's central character is Hamlet, who often speaks in the first person through soliloquies.

General Architecture of the Work

The general architecture of the work is divided into four parts:

1. Introduction of the situation and characters.
2. The rising action, where Hamlet encounters the ghost.
3. The climax, beginning with the death of Polonius.
4. The final outcome, involving the confrontation between Hamlet and Laertes and the appearance of the new king.

External Structure of the Fragment

The fragment is composed of ___ interventions: ___ of ___, ___ of ___, and ___ of ___. Altogether, the piece is completed by ___ lines. It uses direct style with question marks and exclamations.