Identity and Radcliffe

Throughout the novel Adeline is horrified by the actions of her father and is terrified at the fact of being sent back to him and she is terrified at the prospects of her future due to her background. Throughout the novel this sense of melancholy over her sense of identity is changed in that she is adopted by Luc who is unknown to the audience Theodore's father, making the two lovers related. This fact makes a a very complicated problem for Theodore and Adeline adding to the Gothic feel of the novel. The most important identity reveal is that the Marquis who was said to be a relation of Adeline is a fraud which adds to the mystery of whether or not her family that she was raised with actually was her family. When the fake marquis is revealed Adeline gets all the wealth making her seemingly to forget her feelings of inadequacy and live a happy life.  I think that this a big flaw in the novel in that I wish Adeline had faced her fear of her father and received some closer in this because it's a big problem for her throughout the novel and for her family identity to not be closed just seems like too big of a plot hole to leave open.