1. Chose 3 adjectives to describe Roldophe’s character and give 1-2 specifics from the reading to support each one.
Roldophe's character could have been described as greedy, deceitful, and self-centered. After Roldophe has first been introduced, it is said that "there had been many woman in his life," which ultimately reveals that he has a yearning for his greed (1165). Roldophe could have easily been viewed as greedy because he makes it obvious in Madame Bovary, Part Two, Chapter VII that he is contemplating of how he would be able to have Madame Bovary for his own and he insists that he'll "have her" (1166). It is also revealed that he is determined to give into his greed because he says that he will keep his "eyes open for opportunities" that would allow him to win her over (1166). Roldophe, in general, was based upon greed; he only wanted things that he desired for and he was determined to get those things no matter what.
Roldophe, throughout Madame Bovary, used deceitfulness, as a result of his greed, in order to get what he wanted. He used deceitfulness from his very first meeting of Emma because he was going to act like he loved her just so he could get what he wanted, and then he planned to get "rid of her later" (1166). After he had been gone six weeks without seeing Emma, he had feared he had waited too long to come back to her, so he lied to her and told her that he had been ill, but truthfully he was on a hunting trip (1181). He used his dishonesty so that she would not be angered with him. Roldophe also was deceitful towards Charles because he told Charles the reason he had come back after so long what because "the man who had been bled, was still having dizzy spells" (1182). Charles insists that he will stop by to see the man, but Roldophe insists that he will bring him; he is using deceitfulness because the man really was not having dizzy spells again, but Roldophe felt as if he must say that he was so he could come see Emma more. Roldophe used his deceitful ways in order to achieve the things that he longed for.
Because of his greediness and deceitfulness, Roldophe could very easily be described as self-centered. He is self-centered because he does not truly care what other people may think or want, but instead he only thinks about himself. For example, when Roldophe and Emma went on horseback ride and he insisted on confessing love for her she told him that she did not want to talk about it, but he continued with the subject without caring what she insisted, and then later he eventually stopped (1184). Also, for example, Emma eventually believes that she loves him, but yet he does not care about her true feelings because "as time went on he stopped making any effort" because he was "secure in the knowledge that he was loved" (1190); once he truly knew that she loved him, he stopped trying and it was revealed that he only wanted her true attention, and once he got it he left. Greediness, deceitfulness, and self-centeredness all strongly and thoroughly describe the negative character of Roldophe.
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