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Chapter 34
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Ambition vs. Morality
Femininity, Sexuality, and Power
Truth and Identity
Family
Summary
Analysis
Back in the present, Monique arrives home at three in the morning. She knows she could’ve left earlier, but interviewing Evelyn allows her to escape from her own life. She wakes up in the morning to a phone call from Monique’s mother, who asks how it’s going with Evelyn. When Monique tells her she convinced Frankie to promote her and persuaded Evelyn into doing a cover story, her mom says that her dad would be proud. Monique hangs up feeling smug, not knowing that by the time the next interview is over, Evelyn will have revealed something that makes Monique want to kill her.
Monique’s late work hours mean that Evelyn’s willing to stay up past midnight talking about her life—a sign that Evelyn’s story is approaching a moment of great excitement and emotional investment. Monique doesn’t know what potentially damaging information Evelyn will reveal, so the suggestion that she’ll want to kill Evelyn is heavy foreshadowing: whatever control Monique thinks she has, she's likely about to lose it.
Themes
