1) The secret which has intrigued me the most and was hinted at in several places throughout the story was the secret regarding whether or not Charlotte and Lottar/ The Fransican and Gjurdhi the are the same person. I felt like The Fransiscan seemed to appear to be more similar to Gjurdhi; the most glaring example seemed to me to be the crucifix which both wore.
2) This secret can be viewed in step with the ambiguity at the end of the story regarding what happened to Charlotte after she was removed from the hospital at the end of the story. For if these pairs turned out to be the same people, this would be the second time that she was rescued by the same man from people imposing a fate upon her. In the first case, she was to be sold and married; in this case, her fate was being decided by the doctors.
3) I feel as though this secret is very important to the narrative. I feel this because this is a secret the entire story hinges on, the entire story changes meaning if it turns out one way or the other. If she is Lottar then many parallels can be drawn to her past life and current, but if she is not the characters must be looked at in a completely different way.
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