O Pioneers Relationships

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In O Pioneers there were three important relationships to the progression of the story, those are the relationships between Alexandra and Carl, and Marie with both Frank and Emil. There were many different things which held each relationship back and not one of them was completely smooth sailing. The relationship between Frank and Marie failed due to Frank’s lack of love for Marie and his melancholy behavior, that paired with Marie’s infidelity crashed their relationship straight into the ground. Marie felt farther away from Frank and her love for Emil just kept growing, this brought their relationship right to its end in which both Emil and Marie were killed by Frank. Marie’s infidelity was ultimately the reason why Frank decided to shoot