![]() ![]() You may perhaps have been somewhat surprised, my Dearest Marianne, that in the Distress I then endured, destitute of any support, and unprovided with any Habitation, I should never once have remembered my Father and Mother or my paternal Cottage in the Vale of Uske. Parental Abandonment: Both of Laura's parents die during the story, in time to keep her situation dramatic:.A frenzy fit is not one quarter so pernicious it is an exercise to the Body and if not too violent, is I dare say conducive to Health in its consequences-Run mad as often as you chuse but do not faint." The latter proves the healthier choice, as lying unconscious for two hours on the wet grass gives the other girl a cold that ultimately kills her, and she dies exhorting her friend "Beware of swoons, dear Laura. Each heroine exhibits a standard Gothic romance reaction - one swoons, while the other has a fit of madness. The Ophelia: Parodied when the husbands of the two heroines suddenly die in front of them. ![]() ![]()
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