Throughout “The House of the Spirits” Esteban’s struggle with anger and violence is evident in many situations. It first appears through his rape of young women in the fields of his plantation and is then shown through how he treats many of his workers and his sister, Ferula. However, throughout the first half of the novel we do not see him show much violence towards Clara, due to his undeniable love and obsession with her. Nevertheless, as time went on it becomes clear that violence towards his kind wife would happen eventually. When Esteban learns that Pedro Tercero Garcia has been sleeping with his daughter, Esteban beats his daughter until she is merely a bruised and bloody vessel who no longer has the strength to retaliate. When