The Role Of Esteban Trueba In The House Of The Spirits

In the novel The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende a character by the name of Esteban Trueba is seeking power. Throughout the novel, Esteban repeatedly makes the same decisions with one goal in mind, to gain control over others. Esteban comes from a wealthy family that spent all of the family fortunes before he was born. His soon to be wife was accidentally assassinated, and his mother is dying. The only thing his father left him was Tres Marias, a half destroyed estate that he was determined to restore, and make into a profitable area. Esteban Trueba in his desire for power exploited peasants, raped woman, and even became a senator to further extend his reach of control and power. At first, Esteban was nothing but a common man with a wealthy name. He knew that he had to work for his fortunes unlike the other upper class so he set off for the countryside in search for Tres Marias. One of the few men who have remained in Tres Marias is Pedro Segundo Garcia, who has had to run …show more content…
After becoming rich he realized that it wasn't enough. Esteban wanted complete power over the people. Being a conservative in the time of the rising socialist group Esteban soon had trouble controlling the people who started to revolt. As he is overthrown Esteban realizes that all the power thirst, and anger, and control, was out of loneliness. In The House of the Spirits it shows this last surge for power as a symbol of Esteban’s loneliness, because Esteban is always in search for power he never became close to anyone. He realized that after this final attempt for power he was utterly alone. His constant anger and lust for power never allowed him to actually be loved by anyone except Alba, his granddaughter. Who he practically met after he realized what he had become. So Esteban Trueba’s lust for power was a reoccurring event throughout the story that gave character details and symbolized Esteban himself by allowing him to understand his