Assigning Blame in the Chronicle of a Death Foretold Marriages are still considered business contracts in Latin American culture. A contract in which the bride and groom's family makes a profit or gains the respect of society. In the eyes of society and family, a woman has value as long as she is a virgin. Latina girls are raised to be good housewives whose primary duties are caring for family and children, and women who go against these traditions or rules pay a heavy price. In Gabriel García Márquez's short story, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the development of Angela Vicario's character demonstrates that she is guilty of the death of Santiago Nasar; however, different aspects of Hispanic culture also share responsibility. Márquez develops the character of Angela Vicario as a deceptive and gullible young girl who highlights her culpability in the death of Santiago Nasar. Angela's husband, Bayardo San Roman, discovers on their wedding night that Angela is not a virgin and takes her back to his family. Angela only considers telling her mother that she is no longer a virgin, but ultimately decides against it. Before her wedding, she panics and asks for help from the women who are making fabric flowers with her. The women teach her some tricks so she can pretend to be a virgin on her wedding night. Failing to pretend to be a virgin, Angela dishonors her family and her marriage breaks up. Later, Angela tells the author: “I obeyed them blindly,” she told me, “because they made me believe that they were experts in masculine wiles” (Marquez 42). Marquez's use of strong words like "obeyed" and "blindly" helps the reader understand Angela's character clearly. She is shown to believe and do what others tell her in the middle of paper......that losing your virginity is a sin and that is what she was taught in her society. On the other hand, men are allowed to go to brothels and have sex every night before and after their marriage. Most of the town is guilty of Santiago Nasar's death, even Santiago himself for not having the slightest idea of ​​his surroundings; However, it is Angela Vicario who is most guilty of Santiago Nasar's murder due to her foolish mistakes. In Gabriel Garcia Marquez's short story, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Angela Vicario and different aspects of Hispanic culture are guilty of the death of Santiago Nasar; the author places the blame on Angela through the choice of words and points out that the culture and traditions of the town are also guilty. It's Angela who doesn't fulfill her duty to her family, but society's double standards make Santiago Nasar pay the price..