In the novel The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende the epilogue is
a conclusion to all that has happening in the novel.
In the novel ‘The House of the Spirits’ by Isabel Allende the epilogue
is a conclusion to all that has happening in the novel. In
demonstrates the overall themes of recurring cycles throughout the
lives of the characters, and also of the importance of the past and
memories. The cycles run throughout the book, but in the epilogue we
see how they are beginning to be broken and new cycles are being
formed. The tone of the final chapter is both hopeful and cheerful at
the beginning, and melancholic almost to depression by the end. The
symbol of the old house on the corner is powerfully portrayed in this
final chapter, representing both Clara’s presence and spirituality,
but also Esteban’s fading wealth and power. Magical realism is used to
help distort the distinction between reality and fiction. Finally we
see the growth of the central character of this chapter, and the
narrators of the book, Alba and Esteban.
In the epilogue of the novel, Alba has returned from being held in a
concentration camp. She and her grandfather Esteban Trueba restore the
old house on the corner. Esteban dies peacefully in Alba’s arms Alba
is revealed to be pregnant and she begins to read her grandmother
Clara’s diaries and her mother Blanca’s letters and begin to piece
together the story the was just told.
The one of the main themes in the epilogue, and in the entire novel is
that of cycles, history repeating itself and fate. Alba has become
pregnant, and is renewing the cycle by continuing life, making the end
of the story the beginning of another one, the tale of her daughter.
It also tells how the n...
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...y grandfather when he was young and stood six feet
tall, irrefutable proof that Ferula’s curse came true and that his
body shrank in the same proportions as his soul.’
To conclude, in the epilogue of the novel ‘The House of the Spirits’
we see finish to two of the major themes of the novel, memories and
cycles. The tone of the chapter is a fitting ending, as it is both
optimistic but at the same time cheerless about the events of the
past. We observe an example of the magical realism used throughout the
novel, the better show the involvement of spiritual aspects in the
characters, especially Clara’s, lives. The house on the corner, a
strong symbol through the novel has been restored, emphasizing the
cycles seen in the novel. And finally, the characters have developed
to a stage where they have become whole and are ready to begin new
cycles of their own.
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reflects upon the theme of the novel. As it highlights the fact that if people in the society
and was a greater burden to him towards the end of the novel after the
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In conclusion, the use of simile and metaphor throughout the novel bare the evidence that
...esents the final chapters of the novel by having Dimmesdale finally atone for his long, hidden secret, and ultimately redeeming himself.
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"At the very end of the novel- what is represented as being important? Find two quotes to illustrate this".
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the end of the novel as both the women in his life have other men at