Chronicle Of A Death Foretold Machismo Analysis
Imagine if in 2016 a woman you knew was beaten because of their sexuality, this would happen because of Machismo. Machismo is a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness, sense of power, or the right to dominate. Machismo is what used to dominate social structures of societies. In the book, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez illustrates the negative impact of Machismo through Angela Vicario, Santiago Nasar, and other relationships with men and women in the society.
Angela Vicario is someone who stands up against Machismo by being vocal about the fact that she lost her virginity to someone who she wasn’t going to marry. After Angela confessed to her mother about how she lost her virginity to Santiago Nasar her mother beat …show more content…
The Vicario brothers decided to kill Santiago after Angela told them that she had lost her virginity to Santiago. They said, “All right girl… tell us who it was”. They made Angela confess to who did this so they could kill him out of honor. they went to the pope to validate to him why they killed Santiago they confessed, “the surrender as an act of great dignity. ‘We killed him openly,’ Pedro Vicario said, ‘but we’re innocent.’ ‘Perhaps before God,’ said Father Amador” (49). Even the lawyers decided that this case was valid because it was an honor killing. The brothers wanted to get justice for their sister, because they thought Santiago, a typical machismo man, deserved to get punished.
In the book, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez highlights the adverse effects of machismo in the society by Angela Vicario’s virginity and the honor killing of Santiago Nasar. Machismo was definitely very prominent in the society in Chronicle of a Death Foretold. It changed how people lived, gender roles, marriages, and sexual relationships. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is trying to speak out against machismo in the book. There is still some of evidence of machismo today, but can be fixed. Everyone should have equal roles in society no matter who you
Angela Vicario is someone who stands up against Machismo by being vocal about the fact that she lost her virginity to someone who she wasn’t going to marry. After Angela confessed to her mother about how she lost her virginity to Santiago Nasar her mother beat …show more content…
The Vicario brothers decided to kill Santiago after Angela told them that she had lost her virginity to Santiago. They said, “All right girl… tell us who it was”. They made Angela confess to who did this so they could kill him out of honor. they went to the pope to validate to him why they killed Santiago they confessed, “the surrender as an act of great dignity. ‘We killed him openly,’ Pedro Vicario said, ‘but we’re innocent.’ ‘Perhaps before God,’ said Father Amador” (49). Even the lawyers decided that this case was valid because it was an honor killing. The brothers wanted to get justice for their sister, because they thought Santiago, a typical machismo man, deserved to get punished.
In the book, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez highlights the adverse effects of machismo in the society by Angela Vicario’s virginity and the honor killing of Santiago Nasar. Machismo was definitely very prominent in the society in Chronicle of a Death Foretold. It changed how people lived, gender roles, marriages, and sexual relationships. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is trying to speak out against machismo in the book. There is still some of evidence of machismo today, but can be fixed. Everyone should have equal roles in society no matter who you