Emma Bovary is trapped her own world, one that she fills with fanciful desires of lust, beauty, money, and overall, the perfect lifestyle; yet, her romantic ways cannot be taken care of because in reality, she has no intentions of reaching her goals. For example, Emma is an extravagant spender; she spends her money on unwanted/ unneeded accessories, like fancy curtains. For example, Charles  pulls out a “list of unpaid items which he had delivered to her: the curtains, the carpet, the cloth for the armchairs, several dresses and various toilet articles; the total came to about two thousand francs” (Flaubert 267). In reality, the Bovarys are practically bankrupt because of Emma’s expenditures on household accessories. Also, Emma tries to portray her romantic side through sexual fantasies which in her case is by taking place in adultery since she is confined to her marriage; yet, Emma grows bored of things quickly. For example, when Emma and Rudolph are making love, she tells him to stop because “[she is] tired,” even though he wants to “keep going a little longer” (Flaubert 155). In reality, Emma fails to realize that no matter who she is with, she grows bored of that lifestyle, which leads her to virtually have nothing left in the end. Lastly, before Emma commits suicide, she has an illusion that if she takes arsenic to end her life, she will not go through too much pain and can die gratefully. Sadly, Emma was wrong because instead of peacefully passing away, “she was seized with a fit of nausea so sudden that she scarcely had time to snatch her handkerchief from under the pillow” (Flaubert 311).  Emma’s final last moments brought the novel together, revealing her romantic wants that never worked out because reality always took over. Overall, Emma Bovary experienced her downfall because she was not able to cope with reality; she could no decipher between what was right and what was wrong because to her, the romantic nature was always dominant.