A Simple Heart What metaphors are used in A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert? Asked by bookragstutor on 20 Aug 04:16 Last updated by Jill W on 03 Nov 20:15
Félicité's spiritualization of Loulou achieves the status of a poetic metaphor for the Holy Spirit; as such, it emerges as one of the most exalted expressions of Hugo's romantic synthesis: the sublime residing in the grotesque.