How did she die?
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pondhawkdragonfly — 17 years ago(November 06, 2008 08:27 PM)
In the original French epistolary novel (a series of four volumes to make a complete novel), it is stated that Madame Marie de Tourvel succumbs to a fever and dies after hearing the news of Vicomte Sbastien de Valmont's death.
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katfairy — 17 years ago(February 02, 2009 06:15 PM)
Also, consider when this was written. Back then, it was practically required for the wronged heroine in a novel to die of a broken heart. Medical concerns were irrelevant; her lover betrayed her, so she died. End of story. No other reason need apply.
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criztu — 17 years ago(February 25, 2009 02:16 PM)
she was depressed, right ? and the nuns said "take her some blood and pray for her and she'll be cured", obiviously that was BS so she was still depressed, so the nuns said "more blood letting, more prayers", she still depressed, the nuns said "MORE BLOOD, CUT HER ARTERIES, PRAYERS 24/7", so she was died, and the nuns prayed for her soul to enter heaven.
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Uh_Oh_You_Too — 15 years ago(June 01, 2010 10:38 AM)
It's been a while since I read the book, and have no desire to read it again any time soon, since it's told through letters and tedious to get through. But I thought her death came about from a combination of a congenital weak heart, poor nutrition, lack of vaccines, brutal medical treatments, and her loss of her will to live. It didn't help either that ladies' fashion of the day compressed the waist to a handspan, grossly displacing all her internal organs.
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Uh_Oh_You_Too — 15 years ago(September 14, 2010 02:55 PM)
Actually that wasn't self-punishment, although it was certainly painful. It was a common medical practice that day called cupping. They'd heat up the air in the cup and place them on the skin in order to bring up blood closer to the skin surface. It made bloodletting easier.
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student_points — 15 years ago(December 20, 2010 02:06 PM)
uh oh you too is right. It is called cupping. I am a nurse and till ten years ago this was described in our task packet. Nobody did it anymore of course, but they certainly did it untill the first world war: to bring the blood closer to the skin surface, like uh oh you too said.
It was a treatment they used very regularly, like en Enema or bloodletting.
Most of the time it was the so called "cure" that got people killed more than the disease.
Mme de Tourvel probably just had a minor infection/fever to begin with, something other people would have easily overcome. But she was born with a frail constitution (like the unbutting her dress-scene showed), she was depressed and did not eat which weakened her even more. Combine that with the deathly cures and it is easy to die.
The romantics call it dying from a broken heart, which in a way was correct: her depression made her far more vulnerable to diseases -
lumosnight — 13 years ago(November 14, 2012 09:01 AM)
I thought she had syphillis, because she said something along the lines of refusing to believe what Valmont was truly like until she got this as a punishment. Syphillis was also known as the 'sinner's disease' which makes it a cruel irony that she of all people gets it.
Also, I saw she had red sores on her back while they were treating her, but they could have been caused by the jar suction treatment. -
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