History 161 – Latin American History Gabriel 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 suffice. Make sure your answers are yours alone; do not copy another student's answers or from the Internet. Please submit the worksheet via Moodle by the noon deadline.1- What was the society like where 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 which Bayardo San Roman entered seems to be negative. Not only is this a society where women are forced to marry by a man's choice (Chapter 2 – Angela's personal feelings towards Bayardo don't matter to her mother), but it is also a society where killing a man with honor is acceptable (Chapter 3 – The Vicario brothers get away with Santiago's murder because it was an honor killing).2- What were the rights and duties of women in this society? Use at least three quotes from the book to illustrate your answer (cite page numbers). Note: You purchased an eBook, page numbers may vary from the paperback. If nothing else, the main duty of married women was to please their husband, who "choose" her to marry and take care of the house in which she lived. This is evident in the book on page 29, where Angela states that she doesn't want to marry Bayardo because she doesn't love him. Angela's mother returns saying that “Love can also be learned”. Furthermore, on page 27, it was said that the women of the Vicario family thought about doing "...net embroidery, machine sewing, weaving bone lace, washing and ironing, making artif...... half of paper.. ....wouldn't take "no" for an answer), as well as being able to "thrill" a large part of the family implies that the expectation for women to marry rich men is essentially there. It may not necessarily be the same with other classes, but it is definitely present in this case.5- Why was Santiago Nasar's death predicted? Santiago Nasar's death was predicted due to the fact that the book was written in a format that is not linear like other books. Gabriel Garcia Márquez tells us that Santiago's death was happening in chapter 1, but we don't actually see the murder (by the Vicario brothers) happen until the end of chapter 5. Reference to chapter 3: “He was never there It was a more predicted death. After their sister revealed the name to them, the Vicario twins went to the pigsty basket where they kept the sacrificial tools and chose the two best knives.…”
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