Love and Sacrifice

Where it surfaces

• IX: Hollingsworth, Zenobia, Priscilla

  The romantic tensions among Hollingsworth, Zenobia, and Priscilla suggest potential sacrifices and tragic outcomes.

• Eliot's Pulpit

  Zenobia's hidden love for Hollingsworth and Priscilla's silent suffering highlight the sacrifices and emotional turmoil of unrequited affection.

• XX: They Vanish

  Priscilla's passive acceptance of Hollingsworth's bidding and her departure with Westervelt suggest a sacrificial submission to the wills of others.

• Fauntleroy

  Priscilla's selfless, almost worshipful love for her unseen sister sustains her life, reflecting the theme of love as a redemptive force.

• A Village Hall

  Priscilla's flight to Hollingsworth suggests a sacrificial trust and the power of genuine affection over artifice.

• The Three Together

  Priscilla's offer of sisterhood to Zenobia and Hollingsworth's declaration of love for Priscilla illustrate the complex interplay of love, sacrifice, and power.

• XXVI: Zenobia and Coverdale

  Zenobia's love for Hollingsworth is portrayed as a sacrifice that leaves her broken; she gives up her pride and her jeweled flower.

• XXVII: Midnight

  Zenobia's suicide is framed as a tragic outcome of unrequited love and rejection by Hollingsworth.

• Miles Coverdale's Confession

  Coverdale's unrequited love for Priscilla is tied to his passive, purposeless existence, though he never acted on it.