When a person becomes obsessed are they still able to love? Obsession takes control of Alice Oke’s life at an early age, when she first heard about the prophecy left behind by Nicholas Oke during the 17th century. In “Oke of Okehurst” Alice Oke may have never really loved her cousin William Oke, she just married him because of her obsession with the 17th century prophecy left by Nicholas Oke and his wife Alice Oke. Alice Oke’s obsession with her ancestors consumed her life to the point where she wanted to fulfill the prophecy they left behind.
Alice Oke is caught up trying to be like the old Alice Oke of the 17th century. Her life revolves around fulfilling the prophecy left by Nicholas Oke. Nicholas Oke’s prophecy left behind as told by Alice, was that when the “master of Okehurst should marry another Alice Oke, descended from himself and his wife, there should be an end of the Okes of Okehurst.”(Lee 134) considering Alice also states, “it seems to be coming true. We have no children”(Lee 134), “I have never wished for them”(Lee 134). This means that Alice has no intentions of ever having children with William Oke, the “master of Okehurst”, her husband. The first two quarters of the prophecy is fulfilled when Alice Oke, a descendant of Alice Oke and Nicholas Oke, married her cousin William Oke, who is the …show more content…
The fact that Alice does not want kids and has never had any with William Oke completes one fourth of the prophecy. These previous quotes are from when Alice takes the narrator to the Cotes
Alice Oke is caught up trying to be like the old Alice Oke of the 17th century. Her life revolves around fulfilling the prophecy left by Nicholas Oke. Nicholas Oke’s prophecy left behind as told by Alice, was that when the “master of Okehurst should marry another Alice Oke, descended from himself and his wife, there should be an end of the Okes of Okehurst.”(Lee 134) considering Alice also states, “it seems to be coming true. We have no children”(Lee 134), “I have never wished for them”(Lee 134). This means that Alice has no intentions of ever having children with William Oke, the “master of Okehurst”, her husband. The first two quarters of the prophecy is fulfilled when Alice Oke, a descendant of Alice Oke and Nicholas Oke, married her cousin William Oke, who is the …show more content…
The fact that Alice does not want kids and has never had any with William Oke completes one fourth of the prophecy. These previous quotes are from when Alice takes the narrator to the Cotes