One interesting part in this third reading is that the case of Hippolyte can be an allusion to Emma's life. Hyppolyte has a problem with one of his legs, and in order to try to save Charles' carrer, she convinces both Charles and Hyppolite to make a surgeon. However, this process fails and Hyppolite needs to amputate one leg. This situation alludes to her life because Hyppolite had already accepted that condition in his life, however they tried to change it. Emma, on the other side, is increasing her debt with Lheureux and her financial situation goes deep down. This means that she is trying to change her life style, the conditions of her family and that she is not a person from high society, to something that she is not.
Another interesting part is that her thought of having a suicide foreshadows the end of book. When Rodolphe sends her the letter that he is not going to run away, she wants to die, and this give the impression that the same situation will happen with her other lovers, and the she will end up alone and dead. This situation also shows how Charles is naive. He finds the letter written from Rodolphe, but he thinks its a platonic love, even with the whole town suspecting it and his mother fighting with Emma.
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