Prepared reading

Prepared Reading on The House of The Spirits

Character Sketches

Clara

She is the main protagonist of the novel , Estaban Trueba 's wife , Blanca and the twin 's (Nicolas and Jaime ) mother . She has the gift of foresight , as she is able to foresee the future , although she cannot change it . Another supernatural gift that she has is the power to speak with spirits . She is the character that binds the intertwined families together . She has a tendency to resemble that of a mute after encountering domestic problems with her husband

Esteban , but her love for her family prevents her from leaving the house of Esteban . Clara 's character is static . She remains the same , calm , woman all throughout the novel - from the beginning right up to the end

Esteban

Esteban is the head of Clara 's family because he is the husband of Clara . He is also the father of a number of illegitimate children at the Tres Marias because of his insatiable appetite for sexual pleasure . He co-narrates the novel along with his granddaughter Alba . He is from a class lower than that of Clara 's family , but through persistence and hard work at the mines in Tres Marias , he was able to make a fortune thanks mostly to the efforts of the peasants at the mines whom Esteban maltreats , especially the women - as he was able to rape almost every young peasant girl in Treas Marias . Despite obsessively loving Clara his violence has caused conflicts within the...