The Silence that led to Tragedy: "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The central action which molds "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is the "foretold" murder of young Santiago Nasar, by the hands of the Vicario brothers. The death of Santiago is revealed to us immediately, in the very first lines. His crime was the supposedly "defilement" of Angela Vicario, the sister of the Vicario brothers, which happened to be the antecedent of the murder itself. The real tragedy of this novel can …

…shell. (Marquez 76). Works Cited Márquez, Gabriel García. Chronicle of a Death Foretold. 1982. New York: Vintage Books, 1983. Alonso, Carlos J. "Writing and Ritual in Chronicle of a Death Foretold." Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1989. Alvarez-Borland, Isabel. "From Mystery to Parody: (Re) Readings of Garcia Marquez's Cronica de una muerte anunciada." Modern Critical Views: Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1989.