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nadine89
nadine89
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College - Freshman

In "The Kugelmass Episode," why does Kugelmass fear his rival, Rodolphe?

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Posted by nadine89 on Thursday May 15, 2008 at 2:20 PM and tagged with characters, emma, kugelmass, rivalry, rodolphe, the kugelmass episode.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    Kugelmass has been magically transported into the story line of Madame Bovary and has been having an affair with Emma, the title character. In the novel, Emma is a dissatisfied housewife who has a passionate affair with Rodolphe Boulanger. Kugelmass tells the magician to make sure always to put him in the story before Emma meets Rodolphe. Kugelmass says of him:

    "He's landed gentry. Those guys have nothing better to do than flirt and ride horses. To me, he's one of those faces you see in the pages of Women's Wear Daily. With the Helmut Berger hairdo. But to her he's hot stuff."

    He's afraid that the minute Emma meets Rodolphe, she won't be interested in him anymore.

     

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    http://www.enotes.com/madame-bovary/characters

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    Posted by linda-allen on Friday May 16, 2008 at 9:24 PM

  2. ssaallllyy
    ssaallllyy Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    b/c he doesnt want any competition with rodolphe, he just wants an easy relationship with madame bovary.

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    Posted by ssaallllyy on Friday December 12, 2008 at 4:15 AM