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Fate: the theme of fate is strong within various Allende
novels. In The House of the Spirits, Allende uses the number three to symbolise destiny or fate. Since the novel spans
three generations of the family things come full circle and everything is connected. Futhermore, in The House of the Spirits
Allende uses the character Clara to convey this theme. Clara has an uncanny sense to predict the future and to be connected
with the spirit world. Clara serves the purpose of forshadowing and to bluntly convey the theme of life being controlled by
an outside force.
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Faith: Parallel to the theme of fate, faith is also a
reoccuring item in Allende novels. Since faith has played an important role in the life of Allende herself, it makes sense
that in the books which she has a close relationship to she uses this theme. Her theme of fate stresses that it is of
vital importance that one has fate, otherwise a person's life is empty and full of doubt.
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Important Role of Women: Allende herself being of paramount
importance to the role of hispanic women uses her novels to convey the importance of women in society. In her novel The
House of the Spirits, the book follows the lives of women in the family. Women are characterised as beautiful benevolent
creatures whose importance is always more than what it seems to be on the outside.
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