Death Foretold Virginity

"Angela Vicario was the prettiest of the four, and my mother said that she had been born like the great queens of history, with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck" (Márquez 32). In the book Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Santiago Nassar dies at the hand of twins, Pedro and Pablo, because he is blamed for taking Angela Vicario's virginity. The book takes place in Columbia in the 1900's, which is a time where rules for women are very strict. Angela Vicario lost her virginity before marriage, and she is looked down upon because of it. In the book, people treat women like property, leaving them without a chance to create their own future. Everything in their life is determined by the people around them. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold
In Angela's society, women do not get that choice. Her entire future is going to be altered, and she has no say in it. Bayardo, a young man coming to town to look for a bride, expects Angela to say yes to his marriage proposal. He states, " 'When I wake up,' he said, 'remind me that I'm going to marry her' " (Márquez 29). Angela is going to be forced into a marriage she wants nothing to do with. Her family does not respect her future, and supports creating a life for her which she does not want. Bayardo also did not respect Angela's feelings towards him, or even acknowledge if she wants to marry him. NO SENTENCE?? "Bayardo San Román hadn't even tried to court her" (Márquez 34). Bayardo's need to show machismo and be masculine destroys Angela and her future by limiting her to himself. He did what he wanted, and Angela is not able to have it any other way. Bayardo needs to show his strength and take advantage of how he was able to do and get whatever he wanted, which in this case is Angela. Her life is not only going to be changed because of the forced marriage, but she has to give up parts of herself by taking care of a family. Angela was unable to have the choice of who she was going to spend the rest of her life with, and Bayardo's expectation for Angela to say yes to marrying him. The force from Bayardo and her family Angela trapped her by limiting herself to
They are not given a chance to change the outcome of their life, and are forced to follow strict rules applying to behavior, marriage and choice of career which showed the force machismo has on women in their everyday lives. Women are limited to their ability to behave, and were forced to act a certain way. They are also forced to marry people which they did not choose, and give up large parts of their life in order to take care of a family. In the Columbian society, women are never given a chance to change and are never expected to be more than the