The change in dominance between males and females In the novels Madame Bovary and The House of the Spirits, authors Gustave Flaubert and Isabel Allende demonstrate characterization in their texts to establish evolution of gender dominance within the characters. In the book Madame Bovary the setting is set in mid-1800s France. In the novel The House of the Spirits the setting is set in the 20th century in Tres Marias. This essay highlights how the characterization of these stories establishes a shift between genres. While reading this essay, the audience will expect a reversal of gender roles where women's assistance provides opportunities to direct men's success. Furthermore, the authors highlight women's inability to realize desires. Finally, the novel Madame Bovary uses Emma to present women who use sexual desires to acquire physical and emotional needs. In the novels Madame Bovary and The House of the Spirits, scenes indicate different forms of translation to show the reversal of gender roles between men and women to explain how women's control over power changed their roles in society. In Madame Bovary, the narrator states, “she had, like a man, slipped between two buttons on her bodice a pair of tortoiseshell spectacles” (Flaubert, 19). In this quote, the female character portrays herself as a man who tucks his glasses through his shirt, which represents the style of a man from the mid-1800s. In the novel, when Emma thinks of Rodolphe, she thinks of his lowered, long eyelashes , thin and curled. His cheek with soft, red skin” (Flaubert, 220). In this text Rodolphe is portrayed as a female character. Furthermore, in the novel The House of the Spirits, at the beginning of the book, the audience sees…… half of the paper…… and the genders. Second, the authors reveal gender dominance to observe a reverse effect of gender roles. Next, the characterization of women's praise addresses many of men's successes. Furthermore, the authors highlight women's inability to realize their desires. In one novel, the characters present a woman who uses sexual desires to acquire physical and emotional needs. Although in novels the audience observes the male figure depending on the female figure to survive, the same actions occur in today's society. In most families, researchers consider female figures to be the “backbones” of their families. Female figures make crucial decisions to assist their families in family conflicts. Works Cited Allende. Isabella. The House of Spirits. New York: Bantam, 1982 Flaubert, Gustave. Mrs. Bovary. Trans. Eleanor Marx Aveling. Mineola (NY): Dover,1996.