Gender roles in Latin america are idea that can be explained in Machismo and Marianismo. In the article,”Machismo and Marianismo in Latin America” by an unknown author, there are clear stereotypes of what men and women from latin america should be like, however, in the novel, “One Hundred Years of solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, there are many different characters from a Southern American town that have different characteristics no matter the gender. Many of the characters from One hundred years of solitude do not follow the stereotypical views of Machismo and Marianismo, but some also do. Stereotypical views of Men and Women can be true, but some people can also break these stereotypes, no one is the same. A Machismo, in the article,
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A marianismo is a female that ,according to the article, models herself after the Virgin Mary and is expected to be pure, humble, emotional, kind, compliant, vulnerable. and enduring of pain.. A woman from “One Hundred Years of Solitude” that is somewhat not a marianismo character is Amaranta. “In the midst of the mad concert, he from Pietro at his desk with his wrists cut”(110). All her life after meeting Pietro, Amaranta loved Pietro, but he loved Rebeca, so when Pietro lost Rebeca, he turned to Amaranta. Amaranta clearly does not resemble a Marianismo because she has no of the quality traits that are expected. Out of jealousy, many times she thought about killing rebeca, but when she gets pietro for herself, she decides to lead him on which shows how she is not capable of kindness. Amaranta shows herself to be a strong woman who is able to deny what she wants even if she really wants it, showing how she is not emotional or vulnerable. Even though Amaranta, when she is with Pietro, is somewhat not a marianismo character, after her many years, she in a way develops some character traits of a Marianismo. All the characters of the Buendia household are different, and many do not develop into stereotypical Machismo and Marianismo, but some do, but that does not make all the characters the
A marianismo is a female that ,according to the article, models herself after the Virgin Mary and is expected to be pure, humble, emotional, kind, compliant, vulnerable. and enduring of pain.. A woman from “One Hundred Years of Solitude” that is somewhat not a marianismo character is Amaranta. “In the midst of the mad concert, he from Pietro at his desk with his wrists cut”(110). All her life after meeting Pietro, Amaranta loved Pietro, but he loved Rebeca, so when Pietro lost Rebeca, he turned to Amaranta. Amaranta clearly does not resemble a Marianismo because she has no of the quality traits that are expected. Out of jealousy, many times she thought about killing rebeca, but when she gets pietro for herself, she decides to lead him on which shows how she is not capable of kindness. Amaranta shows herself to be a strong woman who is able to deny what she wants even if she really wants it, showing how she is not emotional or vulnerable. Even though Amaranta, when she is with Pietro, is somewhat not a marianismo character, after her many years, she in a way develops some character traits of a Marianismo. All the characters of the Buendia household are different, and many do not develop into stereotypical Machismo and Marianismo, but some do, but that does not make all the characters the