Madame Bovary | Characters
Monsieur Binet
Monsieur Binet, Yonville’s tax collector, does not often participate in the social life of the town. Monsieur Homais claims he is “a dead fish” with “no imagination, no wit, nothing of what makes a man a social light.” He serves as a foil to Emma when she runs into him one morning as she is returning from Boulanger’s estate. Emma turns to him for help when she is about to lose her home, but he refuses to help her. Two of the village women watch through the window, suspecting that Emma is “making advances to him,” which appears to be confirmed...
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