Examples Of Ambiguity In Chronicle Of A Death Foretold

Similar to the pattern viewed in Slaughterhouse-Five, the townspeople in a Chronicle of a Death Foretold also use their belief in fate to justify Santiago’s death. Their lack of responsibility leads to their ability to condone the killing. In striving to understand their place in the murder, they resolve to believe that it was inevitable and their attempts to stop it would have been ineffective. Because fate disencumbered them from their responsibility, they easily justify the killing. For example, the authorities suggested that the murder was justified by the fact that it was an honor killing. After the murder, the lawyer “stood by the thesis of homicide in legitimate defense honor, which was upheld by the court in good faith” (Marquez, 48).