THe house of spirits

Illicit love is a forbidden affection toward someone, whose destiny is not to be his or her

lover. Despite its connotation, The use of illicit love affair in novels as one of the themes, one finds

it rather attractive and interesting. The aim of this paper is to compare the illicit love affairs in Like

Water for Chocolate and The House of the Spirits.
The subtitle of Laura Esquivel¡¯s Like Water for Chocolate reads, ¡° A novel monthly installments with recipes, romances, and home remedies.¡± The author begins each chapter with a recipe and continues telling a sensuous story of longing, family obligation, adventures, and unrequited love in food. Like Water for Chocolate is an enchanting love story set in Piedras Negras, Mexico during the revolution. It combines recipes and romance to portray the compelling story of two lovers kept apart by Mexican tradition.
Esquivel creates the intense world of passionate and romantic illicit love between Tita and Pedro i...