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    have the complete opposite expectations. While women must marry as virgins‚ unmarried men can go to prostitutes “serviceable in bed” (page 74). In fact‚ in this novel Angela Vicario was unable to marry Bayardo San Roman because she had lost her virginity before was married. “‘[Margot] felt she was going to die’” when discovering Angela is not a virgin (page 24). In addition‚ since men can do whatever they please they could also get away with almost anything. Santiago often grabs his servants and tells

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    strange autopsy for Santiago Nasar is in the hands of the village priest‚ who is carless about Santiago’s body‚ in the novel “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”. In the story Santiago is killed by the Vicario brothers‚ Pedro and Pablo. Before Santiago was murdered he was being accused of sleeping with Angela‚ and taking her virginity. This created a lot of hell and embarrassment for Santiago throughout the town‚ and caused people to have zero respect for him. Once Santiago was dead‚ and the autopsy took

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    World Lit Outline Thesis: The importance of honour in determining marriage prospects in the Latin American society‚ shown through the use of metaphors and symbols in the literary works; Blood Wedding and Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Body (Blood Wedding): In the literary work blood wedding the author employ ys various symbols to emphasize the importance of honour in determining marriage prospects. • Knife used to symbolize the retrieval of the lost honour in the novels. • Knife used as a

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    Foretold‚ the reader is introduced to Santiago‚ the main character who is viciously murdered by Pedro and Pablo Vicario for allegedly taking the virginity of their sister‚ Angela. In the novel‚ Marquez uses family honor and the role of fate in determining the course of events and setting up an inevitable outcome. The theme of family honor is developed in the description of the Vicario brothers’ reasoning for killing Santiago and plans to kill him. When taken to court after the crime was committed

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    of the marriage; it’s also a way for men to express their dominance over the women. For example‚ it was said that “No one would of thought‚ nor did anyone say‚ that Angela Vicario wasn’t a virgin… ‘The only thing I [Angela Vicario] prayed to God for was to give me the courage to kill myself’’’‚ this clearly tells the reader that Angela had failed to fulfill people’s expectation‚ because “no one” would’ve thought that she “wasn’t a virgin” and now she is living in fear‚ similar to living beside a bomb

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    actual protagonist of the novel is. Moreover Santiago Nasar is the protagonist of the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold but Nasar was killed for deflowering the antagonist Angela Vicario. Santiago Nasar causes the reader to feel pity for his death due to him being innocent of the crime he was accused of. While Angela Vicario misleads the reader and causes mixed emotions for the reader because of the lies that are being told. So that being said in both novels Perfume: the story of a murder

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    not something that is seen to be unrealistic‚ its the way the author provides truth to all dreams. Garcia Marquez allows the characters dreams to come true‚ which is the true source of unrealism. Another aspects was describing the upbringing of Angela Vicario and her siblings. Women are not allowed to get jobs or follow their own dreams; their lives are bounded by tradition and the expectation to get married and have families. A woman’s worthiness as a wife was measured by her beauty. In those days

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    centres on the God-fearing townspeople allowing the murder of Santiago Nasar‚ which clearly contradicts the Christian commandment ‘Thou shalt not kill’1 Since female virginity is so venerated in the Catholic faith‚ when Santiago is accused of taking Angela Vicario’s virginity‚ her life would be worthless without it‚ and Angela’s brothers are charged with redeeming her honour. The novel can boil down to the assertion that a man died because of the teaching of both the Catholic Church‚ and the embedded

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    were to coincide with each other‚ she is a disgrace to women and to her conservative society. If a society such as the one García Marquez creates in Chronicle of a Death Foretold is concerned about Santiago Nasar hindering the honor of Angela Vicario and robbing Angela of her virginity‚ to the point where Santiago is killed without a trial‚ surely María Alehandrina Cervantes receive the same judgment. After all‚ she "did away with [the] generation’s virginity" (64-65)‚ yet García Marquez is able to

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    Reflective Statement Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born March 6‚ 1927‚ Aracataca‚ Colombia‚ he’s a Colombian novelist and known to be one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Marquez was awarded the Nobel prize in the year 1982. He wrote the novel Chronicle of a death foretold in 1981. The book is about the murder of the main character named Santiago Nasar‚ who is rich‚ a handsome guy living in the small Colombian town.In the novel the author Marquez plays a character of himself interviewing

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