2. CRONICA DE UNA MUERTE ANUNCIADA Religious Imagery as Satire: The Annunciation Legend of Juan Diego (Virgen de Guadalupe) The Passion of Christ (Stations of the Cross)

4. Virgen de Guadalupe

5. Stations of the Cross

6. Parody Mock Greek Tragedy: fate, dramatic irony, tragic hero, hamartia, hubris, scapegoat, chorus Dionysian festivities: the three-day wedding/sacrificial rites Duality (saints/sinners) Mock Investigative Reporting---“chronicle” of time and weather and insignificant details (Memorable line: “…trying to put the broken mirror of memory back together from so many scattered shards.”) Tone: mock serious “tongue in cheek” Humor (hyperbole/understatement) Mock Romance (bathos)

7. Epigraph: “Love is like falconry.” Who are the falcons? Who are the falconers? “Honor is love” “Love can be learned” “Love is a disorder”

8. Setting: Colombia, South America (1920’s)  Cultural beliefs, values, and traditions Gender roles Machismo/Virginity Family Honor/Duty Catholic/Pagan/Superstitions  Names: Christian Saints/Arabic  Imagery-violence, religious, animals, trees, birds, water, flowers, poop  Scapegoat/Collective Rite of Sacrifice

9. MAGICAL REALISM=saying something fantastic with a straight face; responding to something fantastic in a matter of fact way; often juxtaposes hyperbole and understatement. Santiago’s dreams (hyperbole) bullet shattering saint Placida Linero’s eternal headache The smell of Santiago permeates the village Santiago’s “crime” and death “There had never been a death more foretold.”

10. FIRST FAMILY AND ASSOCIATES o Santiago Nasar (machismo) HIS NAME? o Placida Linero (Santiago’s mother, interpreter of dreams—not!) o Ibrahim Nasar (Santiago’s father) HIS NAME? o Victoria Guzman (the cook) o Divina Flor (cook’s daughter) HER NAME? o Cristo Bedoya (Santiago’s best friend) NAME? o Flora Miguel (Santiago’s fiancé) NAME? Maria Alejandrina Cervantes (IRONY?)

11. THE SECOND FAMILY: (HYPOCRISY) Pedro and Pablo Vicario (the macho twins) o Angela Vicario (their sister, the alleged virgin) o Purisima del Carmen (mother) o Poncio Vicario (blind father)

12. THE THIRD FAMILY: ties to the other two ( POSTMODERNISM) The Narrator: “Gabriel?” Garcia-Marquez Luisa Santiaga (his real mother/Santiago’s godmother) Margot (Marquez’s real sister) Mercedes (Marquez’s real wife) Other family members (real names)

13. THE FOURTH FAMILY Bayardo San Roman—whatever Bayardo wants, Bayardo gets: music box, Xius’s house (subtext?), Angela Silver and gold, “enchanting,” “a fairy,” superhuman, rich How does he win over the Vicario family and the other villagers? MONEY!

14. Cult of death: Angela dressed in black Cult of virginity: artificial flowers? Angela: “He’s too much of a man for me.” Angela’s mother: “Love can be learned.” Angela’s “stain of honor” (p. 37) San Roman family vs. Vicario family (p. 39-40) The wedding day/night Santiago=no flowers at his funeral Butterflies/wings/angels/holy spirit/birds

15. DOUBLE STANDARD Pablo and Pedro: “We killed him openly, but we’re innocent.” Retracing their steps: “There had never been a death more foretold.” Trace the behavior of every villager. Duty and Honor/Macho Men and Virtuous Women Prudencia Cotes, Pablo’s fiancée: “I knew what they were up to, and I didn’t only agree, I never would have married him if he hadn’t done what a man should do.” Narrator to Santiago about Maria: “A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain.” Serenading the newlyweds

16. PARODY: Autopsy and Romance The autopsy: They massacre him all over again. The medal in Santiago’s intestines=“virgin del carmen” and “the stigma of the crucified Christ.” Maria eats! (Like a Babylonian whore.) Aftermath: The Vicario family Bayardo, the victim. Xius’ house (holy spirit or caged bird)? Angela’s testimony 23 years later (page 89-90). Her friends: “She told us about the miracle but not the saint.” Angela and Bayardo (Falcon/Falconer?)

17. SANTIAGO’S FINAL MOMENTS=SCAPEGOAT=DIES ON THE “ALTAR”=A PIECE OF MEAT OR DIVINE BEING? Twelve days after crime, investigator called for troop reinforcements to control the crowd pouring in to testify, each one eager to “show off his own important role in the drama.” Metafiction: Investigator never thought it legitimate that life would make use of so many coincidences forbidden literature. Investigator: no proof that Santiago deserved to die: “Give me a prejudice and I will move the world.” Santiago’s very behavior during his last hours was proof of his innocence (page 101)