... . Isabel Allende, a Chilean novelist, illustrates the spectacular glow of the feminine influence on the power of patriarchy, despite the male refusal to acknowledge it as it's equal, by employing the use of magical realism, a modern Latin American literary tradition, with in her masterwork, The House of the Spirits, paralleling the magical realist work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez who discourses on the decay of absolute patriarchal power, as seen in Autumn of the Patriarch. The House of the Spirits, loosely based on Allende's own life ... illustrate, are just as magnificent and infinitely m...

• Word Count: 1940
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... existence that are enhanced by the use of magic realism. Many human characteristics are clearly evident in "The House of the Spirits-, and the use, or the lack of, magic realism, is important in highlighting each characteristic. Allende's first claim pertaining to the application of magical realism, is the bringing out of people's dreams. This we interpret as actual dreams, fantasy, and idealism. Within "The House of the Spirits-, these are important in the way the fantasies are used to emotional ... engage the reader. In other words, the magical realism is not really ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and force them to rethink what is real and true. Isabel Allende, in The House of the Spirits, uses this style of writing to outline Chile's tumultuous past as well as to provide her own social commentary on the current state of society. Her story follows the affairs and lives of two families, the Truebas and the Del Valles, across 50 years, spanning multiple generations. Over this extended period ... and advises that people, especially women, need to start playing a more active role in society. Reading The House of the Spirits one can see that more and more problems seem to accumulate ov...

• Word Count: 1164
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... are mirrored in the novel The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende through the Trueba Families triumphs, afflictions, and day to day life. The major characters in The House of the Spirits come from two opposing classes, the aristocracy and the peasants. This aspect becomes a direct correlation of the socialists verses the conservatives. Most of the population of Latin America, as well as all of the characters in the novel, belong to one of these two classes. Almost all of the characters in the story belong to ... either the del Valle-Trueba ... ...

• Word Count: 1038
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate