Clara And Esteban Trueba Characters

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Clara is the main character in most of this story. The story starts out with Clara and her family in church and the priest says that Clara is possessed by the Devil because of what she says and do. She is able to see spirits and predict almost every event in the future. Clara has an older sister called Rosa who is believed to be the most beautiful women in town. Rosa is engaged to a man named Esteban Trueba. Clara falls in love with Estaban the moment that she saw him but she was just a young girl. While Esteban was away, Rosa was poisoned and killed by a drink that was meant for her dad. Clara was able to predict this from a little before and felt like it was her fault that her sister died. Clara didn’t speak for nine years afterwards.
Esteban finds out that his mother is dying and
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What he really wants is the money. Jean tries to ask for Blanca’s hand in marriage but Blanca immediately refuses to marry him. Pedro, Blanca’s lover, manages to get in Tres Marias to meet up with Blanca. They start to meet at night like they always did before. Jean starts to notice these routines. One night he decides to follow them and saw them together. He decides to tell Esteban about this and makes the situation difficult for everyone. Esteban finds Blanca but doesn’t find Pedro and starts beating her because he is mad. Clara tries to stop him by telling him that Pedro hasn’t done anything that Esteban himself hasn 't done except Pedro did it out of love. Esteban’s reacted to this by slapping Clara so hard that some teeth were knocked out. After that, Clara never spoke to him ever again. They carried out their relationship until the end, but in silence. A few days later, Clara and Blanca go back to town to live where her parents lived. Esteban sets out a reward for those who can find Pedro but no one seems to know where he

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