Chronicle Of A Death Foretold Analysis Essay

Chronicle of a Death Foretold describes the tale of a man that was murdered in Colombia in 20th century Colombia. Santiago Nasar was the assumed taker of Angela Vicario’s virginity, this is whom the novella is centered around. On the night of her wedding she she informed her family that she was not a virgin. On that night, her twin brothers took it upon themselves to regain their sister’s and families honor by killing the man that “took” their family honor. Marquez uses repetition of motifs throughout the text to amplify the tone and overall theme of the story.
In the scene that contains this quote, Marquez displays symbolism in many ways throughout the story, his use of repetition with symbolism is what he uses to his advantage. Santiago …show more content…
The first time the reader is able to clearly see a sign of vengeance was the morning of the murder. As like every Monday morning, Santiago went it to get his morning cup of coffee at his local diner. The cook had been sexually abused by Santiago’s father when she was a little girl and she knew that Santiago wanted her daughter, Divina Flor, in a sexual way just as her father had wanted her. She was very perceptive of what was going on around her as to not let anything happen to Divina. “The girl, as yet a bit untamed, seemed overwhelmed by the drive of her glands. Santiago Nasar grabbed her by the wrist when she came to take the empty mug from him. ‘The time has come for you to be tamed,’ her told her. Victoria Guzman showed him the bloody knife. ’Let go of her, white man,’ she ordered him seriously. ‘You won’t have a drink of that water as long as I’m alive.” The definition of vengeance is the desire or want for revenge. This action is brought up all throughout the novella starting off with the cook and her daughter and leads up to the main point for Santiago’s murder in the story. Vengeance is one of the main things that bring the Vicario brothers to commit this crime against Santiago. With this concept being so large and out there very clearly, Marquez doesn’t need to use repetition to the extent he normally would with other concepts and ideas. The consequence of …show more content…
In fact the entire novella itself can be seen as a ritual along with 2 other large and noticeable rituals. Such as when the townspeople are waiting for the arrival of the bishop on the dock. The entire town gathers and waits hoping that he will finally get off and really do what he’s actually supposed to. Santiago’s mother speaks in this quote saying what everybody knows will happen while they’re all hoping for something else. “He won’t even get off the boat. He’ll give an obligatory blessing, as always, and go back the way he came. He hates this town.” This is Santiago’s mother 's comment about the visit by the bishop. As it turns out, she is right, the bishop does not even bother to get off the boat. But he did make the sign of the cross toward the crowded townspeople, then turned away and left as quick as he got there. This incident shows that the spiritual authorities in this society are more concerned with meaningless ritual than they are with actually helping the people they serve. Rituals aren’t really repeated throughout the story yet just so important throughout the novella that they don’t need to be repeated. For rituals repetition doesn’t really apply, so therefore not much can be said about its