Temptation In The House Of The Spirits

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Moreover, each of these characters, like every hero and heroine, confronts some sort of temptation off of their path. In The House of the Spirits, Blanca has to go through an unwilling marriage with Count Jean de Satigny before anyone realizes that she is pregnant with Pedro Tercero’s child in order to not taint her father’s political reputation and family name. Her moment of weakness causes her to temporarily give into the temptation of an easier, open life. However, she soon realizes that she still loves Pedro Tercero and that she belongs with him. Both this and the discovery of the Count’s bizarre obsession drive Blanca back home. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston’s temptation is O’Brien when he tells him that Julia breaks her loyalty to

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