Love In Allende's In The House Of The Spirits

In the House of the Spirits the characters portray a distinct type of love, where love is taboo. Allende manifests this because she wants her characters to preserve their love, and she wants to keep their relationships censored to prevent any consequences. In the case of Clara and Esteban, their love is taboo because their love is forbidden to speak about since they are separated. Their love reaches a pinnacle point, and it has nowhere else to rise. Their love remains for bidden because it is full of arguments and abuse, in which both Clara and Esteban do not want the public to find out about. Blanca and Pedro Tercero Garcia had a secret relationship, in which their love only sparks when they meet each other. As a result, this generated a taboo because since their love is only kept to themselves no one else knows about their relationship. Also, they remain quite about their relationship and they know

She does not stand up for herself against Esteban Trueba and allows him to hit her and insult her. She prefers to avoid and escape her troubles then to face them with power or determination. One specific example is when she got slapped in the face, she just runs off. Blanca also resembles Clara to an extent where she creates an allusion of Clara. She lets her father, Esteban Trueba, boss her around mistreat her. For instance, he for bidds her from seeing Pedro Tercero Garcia. She is also forced to marry Jean de Satigny. Ferula seems a little different from the two because she cursed at Esteban when he insulted her.This resembles the courage she has for standing up for herself, and if she were a man she could have been very powerful. A man guides Amanda, and she does not control herself. She listens to Jaime, when he performs an abortion to her. This shows the lack of self-respect she has on