The first archetypal pattern that reveals the characters’ similarities and the theme is found in the heroines’ reactions to what they percieve as their ‘villianous’ husbands. Edna lives a wealthy and langorous life, vacationing for a month on Grand Isle. Her affluent husband Leonce regards her as another possession, and his attentions to her are kind and considerate, albiet somewhat detached. He leaves frequently for the club, but brings her back money and candy. Charles, Emma’s husband, shares some of the similar characteristics with Leonce, though with less wealth and yet with much more personal and passionate devotion. He dotes on her, wishes to touch her often, and even indulges her with the very things that facilitate her affairs ~ her own horse and piano lessons in the city of Rouen. In reaction to these kindnesses, these women feel revulsed and imprisoned. The husbands are obstacles, terribly real blots upon their dreamy existences.

This paragraph does not ‘lump’ the discussion (see explanation on the rubric) but rather braids together a discussion of both women from both novels.

A topic sentence explains the archetype of villian as the women’s husbands. Three sentences discuss Edna, the fourth sentence links the two husbands and transitions to a discussion of Emma and Charles in the fifth sentence. The last two sentences tie the two together and allude back to the part of the theme that states "Women who pursue romantic illusion."