One Hundred Years Of Solitude Essay

In One Hundred Years of solitude, the female characters are portrayed as women preferring to be in solitude, to live a lonely life, but at the same time this loneliness only bring happiness to their lives. For example, of the women described in this novel that are content to live in solitude are: Santa Sofia de la Piedad an illiterate woman whom was content to keep in the shadows of the Buendia Family home. After the death of her husband, she never remarried, living in solitude dedicating her life to raising her children’s, grandchildren’s and tending to the Buendia family. Fernanda del Carpio, the wife of Aureliano Segundo, who’s religious belief and aristocrat push her husband and kids away. Fernanda del Carpio was happy in a way to live a life of solitude …show more content…
For example, Ursula Iguaran is described as the backbone of the family, the strongest member of the family, who keeps the family together is no stranger to incest. Ursula is married to her cousin Jose Arcadio Buendia the founder of Macondo. Amaranta Ursula is the daughter of Aureliano Segundo and Fernanda del Carpio, who’s overwhelming desire takes her to have sex anywhere she is sexually aroused with her husband also takes her nephew as a lover. The women in Gabriel Garcia Marques novel appear to accept their faith that life has given to them regardless if is a life a solitude, happiness with in their relationship and the pattern they fallow is of their own heart. An example of acceptance is Petra Cotes, the concubine of Aureliano Segundo was deeply in love with Aureliano Segundo that accepted to stay with him despite he married another woman. Humiliated she stayed with him because she truly loved him. What Gabriel Garcia Marques says about women’s freedom is that women are no longer homemakers limited to house hold duties like taking care of the family and the home and silent and submitted to their husband who typically are the breadwinners who work out side of the home to provide for