"Madame Bovary," by Gustave Flaubert, was one of the most significant novels during the period of the French Revolution. This work of art was one of the most provoking of its time due to its unromantic nature, which was very eccentric compared to his contemporaries. Instead of centering this literary work on romanticism, Flaubert depicted adultery and literary theories such as feminism. These aspects of literature were not common in France, and were taboo at the time. Flaubert constructed this work to represent his perception of the French society through the characters in Madame Bovary. Flaubert allows the reader to observe the routines and the psychology of the characters in correlation to the setting of the novel. Madame Bovary gives the realistic view of the French way of life for a woman at this time with a feministic approach. However, although Flaubert depicts feministic theory in Madame Bovary, one can research more historical facts about feminism in France during time frame that the work was published. The origination of French feminism begins with the French Revolution. Prewar, French were null of political rights and were considered passive citizens; they had to depend on men to make decisions for them. Women were expected to play their traditional roles: the wife, mother and housekeeper. However, during the French Revolution women gained several important responsibilities, and played critical roles of patriotism. Eventually, the French women demanded for equality; it was not fair for them to have the quantity of responsibilities like a man, while the quality of their lives were in stagnant servant position. Women started to develop clubs such as the Society of Revolutionary republic to start the feminist movement; in fact, the word feminism itself is derived from the French word féminisme. During the revolution, some women chose to begin the feminist movement almost immediately by introducing militant Feminism. Due to the volatility of activism during the war, the feminism movement was off to a powerful start postwar. Flaubert’s Madame Bovary introduces feminism almost immediately by giving the roles of men and women. Flaubert starts by giving the reader a walkthrough of Charles Bovary, the protagonist’s husband, childhood. The reader follows him from life at school to his life at home. Bovary’s father is introduced as a dependent, drunk, womanizing farmer. Bovary’s mother however, is a strong housewife that manages to deal with her subpar husband. Charles’ mother managed to not only play the role of a housewife, but also manages the family’s financial stability. Because of the way she is mistreated by her husband, Charles’ mother spoils Charles. He had become the man of her life. The setting then advances to where Charles meets his first wife Heloise and marries her. His first wife, Heloise, is much older than Charles and is apparently wealthy in the duration of their marriage. Heloise, however, did not play a traditional role like the first Madame Bovary the reader is introduced to. In this marriage, Heloise is the dominant presence; she does not serve Charles, but rather uses him as someone to listen to her persevering nags and complaints. This depicts that although traditional marriage was still quite common, marriages such as the one between Charles and Heloise existed. Although traditional marriages still existed at the time of the novel’s publishing, the prevalence of traditional marriages we