What are the motifs in The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice?

True love is a wonderful dream, but in this tale, it is only a dream. The reader can find many of the characters fighting, denying, avoiding, lying to, or simply refusing to be in love with their true loves in this story. Since this is not a love story and is instead the story of people coming to understand themselves and the world around them, this is acceptable. However, this does not mean that the reader does not hope for a little joy for some of these characters. From the very beginning, it is obvious that Anna Bella and Marcel should be together, yet he persists in avoiding her and his feelings for her.