Absolution Clare Wald Quotes

The title of the novel Absolution relates closely to the character of Clare Wald and this will be discussed with reference to Absolution as a whole.
A dictionary definition of the world ‘absolution’ states that it is a formal forgiveness of a person’s sins. In the novel, Absolution, the one character who is in constant seek for absolution is Clare Wald. Throughout the novel and as one begins to know more about the character of Clare, one sees her meaning and interpretation of absolution and witnesses her attempt to gain absolution in her actions and her encounters with other characters in the novel as well.
When first introduced to Sam, it is made aware that he has a clear memory of meeting with Clare before even though she does not remember.
Clare’s manner of speaking to Mark is barbed and impatient and any physical displays of affection are brief as having to endure “the demands and petulant whims of her son”. Eventually, Clare decides to confess and ultimately, confide within Mark about the death of her sister Nora and Nora’s husband Stephan. It is not clear at first if Clare comes to Mark as a son or as a lawyer because knowing that she wants absolution Mark, being family, is able to overlook the law and grant her actions as justice. Mark however tells Clare that she has “overplayed [her] role in history” and suggest she “do nothing else but get over it”. Mark is very formal which shows that he resentful and probably not the best person to seek absolution from.
Throughout the novel Clare attempts to gain absolution from the people she thinks she has done wrong, but what she does not realize is that she cannot get forgiveness from those who she has done wrong if she cannot forgive herself first. As she finally begins to admit her faults is when she ultimately gains the absolution she seeks for.
The title of the novel Absolution relates closely to the character of Clare Wald and this has been discussed with reference to Absolution as a