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  • Essay / Chronicle of a Death Foretold Essay - 629

    History 161 – Latin American HistoryGabriel Garcia Marquez, Chronicle of a Death ForetoldInstructions: Please write clear and concise answers to the following questions. For most of them, several sentences or a paragraph will be enough. Make sure your answers are yours alone; do not copy another student's answers or those from the Internet. Please submit your worksheet via Moodle by the noon deadline.1- What was the society in which Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman lived? Use specific examples from the book to illustrate your points. The society in which Angela Vicario lived and Bayardo San Roman entered seems to be negative. Not only is it a society in which women are forced into marriage by the choice of a man (Chapter 2 – Angela's personal feelings about Bayardo do not matter to her mother), but it is also a society in which killing a man in honor is also acceptable (Chapter 3). – The Vicario brothers escaped the murder of Santiago because it was an honor killing).2- What were the rights and duties of women in this society? Please use at least three quotes from the book to illustrate (cite page numbers) your answer. Note: An eBook has been purchased, page numbers may differ from the hard copy. On the contrary, the main duty of married women was to please their husbands. , who “chose” her to marry and took care of the house in which she lived. This is evident in the book on page 29, where Angela mentions that she does not want to marry Bayardo because she does not love him. Angela's mother returns, mentioning that "love can also be learned." Additionally, on page 27, it is mentioned that the women of the Vicario family learned to do "...screen printing, machine sewing, weaving bone lace, washing and ironing, making objects... middle of paper ... he wasn't going to take "no" for an answer), as well as being able to "excite" most of the family implies that the expectation for women to marry rich men is basically there. It may not necessarily be the same with other classes, but it is there in this case.5- Why was Santiago Nasar's death predicted? Santiago Nasar's death was predicted because the book was written in a format that was not linear like other books. Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells us that Santiago's death happened in chapter 1, but we don't actually see the murder (by the Vicario brothers) happen until the end of chapter 5. Chapter 3 reference: "He n There has never been a more foretold death. . After their sister revealed the name to them, the Vicario twins went to the trash bin in the pigsty where they kept their sacrificial tools and chose the two best knives.…”