The Kugelmass Episode by Woody Allen

Point Of View: The story is narrated by third person.
Setting: This story takes place in New York in 70's and also in France, in the of Emma Bovary.
Symbol In this story, symbol is the dream and this story is completely ironic vision of USA New York in 70's.
Characterization:
Mr.Kugelmass Mr.Kugelmass is protogonist character. He is a prefessor at the college. Firstly, he married Flo and they have two children but they divorce. Then Mr.Kugelmass marries another woman, Daphne. Although he marries her, he does not love her. He wants to have an affair with a French woman. He is romantic. At the same time he is round character because there are changes in his life. For example he marries and divorces, he has affairs with other women and his last affair, he turns into a word, meaning "have" in an old textbook, "Remedic Spanish."
Emma Bovary Emma Bovary is protogonist. She is a French woman in the novel "Madam Bovary". She marries a rural doctor, Charles Bovary but she is unhappy. She deceives her husband and her lovers,too. She is very beautiful and sexy woman. She has an affair with Mr.Kugelmass. She is around character. She bares her life and wants to live in the time of Mr.Kugelmass. There is change in her life. She goes from her era to Mr.Kugelmass's era.
The Irony
1. Although Mr.Kugelmass does not love his second wife, he does not want to divorce her. This is ironic
2. Mr.Kugelmass goes near Persky to have an affair with Emma Bovary. But he has troubled with Emma in their relationship. He swears that he does not have an affair with another woman in his rest life. But he can't keep his promise and goes near Persky ago for a new affair. This is ironic.
Conflicts
Mr.Kugelmass internal conflict He is conflict with himself. He is not happy with his second wife. he always wants to other woman. But he does not content with them because he does not know what he wants. Firstly he wants to romantism but he lives an affair with these woman. In briefly, he does not lead a life which he dreams.
Mr.Kugelmass external conflict He is in conflict with environment. Because he is a famous prefessor, he does not want to be learnt his private life. If his private life is learnt his life will became worse. The people around his condemn him because of adultery and this ruins his reputation.
The similes "Who suspected she'd let herself go and swell up like a beach ball." Mr.Kugelmass thinks that his wife resembles a beach ball because she is very fat. This is simile.
"Kugelmass was bald and as hairy as a bear" Because Mr.Kugelmass is furry, he resembles a bear.