Honor and Fate in Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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English

 

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Charles M

 

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December 29, 2014

 

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University

 

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In the novel, Marquez uses family honor and the role of fate in determining the course of events and setting up an inevitable outcome. The theme of family honor is developed in the description of the Vicario brothers' reasoning for killing Santiago and plans to kill him. When taken to court after the crime was committed, they were acquitted on the basis that they acted in "legitimate defense of honor...
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When taken to court after the crime was committed, they were acquitted on the basis that they acted in "legitimate defense of honor." (49) It is here that the brothers' mentality becomes clear and some of the value systems of this society become evident to the reader. Neither the brothers nor the society in which they lived perceived a fault in their killing of Santiago Nasar because they were attempting to restore familial honor, which was obviously extremely important in their society...
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