Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel A Chronicle of a
Death Foretold is filled with ironies. One of first ironies that comes to
mind is the fact that Santiago's mother locks her son out of the house, causing his
death rather than preventing it. The central irony of the novella, however, is the
fact that everyone in the town knows that the twins Pedro and Pablo are planning to kill
Santiago, and yet they do nothing to prevent Santiago's death. Even though they
committed the murders, and everyone knows that they knifed Santiago, they are judged
innocent "as a matter of honor." Santiago took the virginity of many young girls in
the town, and at the beginning of the novel, he is seen molesting his cook's daughter,
he is ironically killed for taking the virginity of a girl with whom he most likely
never interacted.
After abandoning and humiliating Angela,
Bayardo returns to the town years later to renew his relationship with her. And Angela
after refusing to lie to Bayardo about being a virgin and being returned to her parents,
immediately becomes infatuated with Bayardo, the man she had detested, and writes
letters to him everyday.
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