Highwayman

A highwayman is a person that is a kind of pirate but he hijacks cars with guns. They stand in front of cars or jump in front of cars on highways with their guns and hijack rides.What happened to the Highwayman in the story about the highwayman is that he is forbidden to love a girl that is the landowner's daughter. It is very similar to Frank's situation because he is forbid by the nurses and nuns to speak to, laugh with, or any communication with girl next room, Patricia for reason's such as the spreading of germs or that they shouldn't express praise to any aspect of England. Toward the end of the story, Frank was sent to another place, away from Patricia as a punishment for talking to her. This is also similar to the highwayman situation because Frank doesn't know what happened next and the highwayman is not allowed to go to Patricia as a punishment for his crime. I think Seamus' conclusion is reasonable in that aspect, that they are separated and forbid to communicate in any form with each other, which indirectly means no relationship can happen between them. However, it is even worse in Frank's case because he and her both has disease that was incurable at that time so not only are they not allowed to experience love but they are also fighting death constantly. It's can be a romantic story because Frank likes Patricia and Patricia and there's an outside force trying to put a stop to their affection to each other and that is the conflict to all romances.