The Reltaionship between Jesus Chirst and Santiago Nasar
Introduction
Navina Kurup IBS-1 English Essay question number 3. The role of religion in Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez plays an integral part in the main event of the novel. The society featured in this novel has close ties to the Catholic religion. An important part of the Catholic religion is the belief that a woman's virginity should be kept preserved until she is married. The significance of the church is greatly stressed in the novel, as it is an important part of many Latin American communities. This is shown in the excessive preparations they made for the bishop's visit to the town. It was ironic how they thought the bishop was going to get off the boat this year, when he didn't even get off his boat the previous years. The obvious demonstration of strong Catholicism would be when Angela Vicario's secret that she wasn't a virgin when she was married was discovered, the Vicario brothers actually decided they were going to kill a man. Their decision to kill Santiago Nasar, who allegedly took Angela Vicario's virginity, arrived generally from societal pressures because that was what was expected of them. ...read more.
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Instead, he shows that he dislikes the town; therefore by fate the town becomes evil with one murder. Santiago Nasar's murder resembles the crucifixion of Christ, and this is shown in the line "it looks like a stigma of the crucified Christ". This detail fits with the impression that they create momentarily during their attack, when they were nailing Santiago to the wooden door. The circumstances that Santiago was murdered in relate closely to Christ's story. Santiago was murdered for someone else's evil act. In other words, he was a sacrifice for the town's sins. No one does anything to prevent the murder despite the widespread knowledge of the Vicario brothers' intention. Instead, virtually the whole town witnessed the gory, gruesome event. Also, the way Santiago was stabbed seven times shows the hostility
Navina Kurup IBS-1 English Essay question number 3. The role of religion in Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez plays an integral part in the main event of the novel. The society featured in this novel has close ties to the Catholic religion. An important part of the Catholic religion is the belief that a woman's virginity should be kept preserved until she is married. The significance of the church is greatly stressed in the novel, as it is an important part of many Latin American communities. This is shown in the excessive preparations they made for the bishop's visit to the town. It was ironic how they thought the bishop was going to get off the boat this year, when he didn't even get off his boat the previous years. The obvious demonstration of strong Catholicism would be when Angela Vicario's secret that she wasn't a virgin when she was married was discovered, the Vicario brothers actually decided they were going to kill a man. Their decision to kill Santiago Nasar, who allegedly took Angela Vicario's virginity, arrived generally from societal pressures because that was what was expected of them. ...read more.
Middle
Instead, he shows that he dislikes the town; therefore by fate the town becomes evil with one murder. Santiago Nasar's murder resembles the crucifixion of Christ, and this is shown in the line "it looks like a stigma of the crucified Christ". This detail fits with the impression that they create momentarily during their attack, when they were nailing Santiago to the wooden door. The circumstances that Santiago was murdered in relate closely to Christ's story. Santiago was murdered for someone else's evil act. In other words, he was a sacrifice for the town's sins. No one does anything to prevent the murder despite the widespread knowledge of the Vicario brothers' intention. Instead, virtually the whole town witnessed the gory, gruesome event. Also, the way Santiago was stabbed seven times shows the hostility