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Clara Trueba in the House of the Spirits
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CLARA'S DETACHMENT OR ATTACHMENT IN THE NOVEL 'Clara's strangeness was simply an attribute of her character.' [1] This strangeness may be closely associated with Clara's special ability to remain almost completely detached with all the characters in Isabel Allende's novel, 'The House of The Spirits', yet have a special bond with each one of them. Clara Trueba remains in her own world of clairvoyance, yet she is able to touch the lives of all the characters in the novel. And this indeed has a remarkable effect on the plot of the novel, which becomes clearer as the story unfolds. Even though Clara Trueba has been projected as someone who is completely oblivious of her surroundings and not interested in details of the mundane everyday life, the most powerful traits of her character are her strong mental powers and her clairvoyant nature, due to which she has a major influence on all...
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