Alison's House | Themes

Forbidden Love
Forbidden love is a theme that runs throughout the lives of the characters in Alison’s House. The title character, Alison Stanhope, is known to have loved a married man. She would have run away with him except that her brother stopped her. Her loneliness and love inform much of her unpublished poetry, which her sister and brother try to suppress. Alison’s brother, Mr. Stanhope, has also experienced forbidden love. He was in love with Ann’s mother even though he was married with three children. He denied himself this love although Mr....

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