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Esteban seeks passion from Transito Soto as he is not receiving any from Clara. Throughout their marriage, Esteban is not happy with Clara as she does not show him any passion. She treats him like any other person in the house. Esteban is not receiving the love that he needs and finds Transito Soto, who is a prostitute at Christopher Colombus. "insert Quote" Transito give Esteban the pleasure and passion that he needs. She is the only person whom he can open up to. He cannot even show his true feelings to Clara.
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Rosa's death causes Esteban to marry Clara without actually loving her. "I thought about how I had lost two years dreaming of Rosa, working for Rosa, writing to Rosa, wanting Rosa, and how in the end I wouldn't even have the consolation of being buried by her side. I thought about the years I still had left to live and decided that without her it wasn't worth it, "(pg.35) This quotation shows how Esteban was truely loved Rosa, and that he would never love anyone else but her. Esteban eventually marries Clara, even that he doesn't know that she does not actually love him. Clara sees that she will be married to Esteban by her clairvoyancy and that it is in her destiny, so she marries him for that, not by love. "He did not know that she had seen her own destiny, that she had summoned him the power of her thought, and that she had already made up her mind to marry without love." (pg.90) This quotation shows how Clara decides to marry Esteban for the sake of her destiny, and not for love. Because of this lack of love, Esteban has the desire for love and seeks it elsewhere.

other points:
Transito Soto
Forbidden / secret love of Blanca/Pedro
Blanca Marrying Jean de Satigny
Blanca divorcing Jean de Satigny

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Family expectations in the novel cause forced marriage as well as secret relationships which causes love to fail. Throughout the novel there are two forced marriages that were not based on love, but expectations of the family. Esteban was planning to marry Rosa, but when she dies, he needed a wife, so he chose Clara. Also, whe nEsteban finds out about his daughter, Blanca's secret love for Pedro, he forces her to marry Jean de Satigny.