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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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Detailed Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5

Themes

All Themes Fate vs. Free Will Fact, Fiction, and Memory The Sacred and the Profane Gender, Class, and Social Restrictions Violence, Trauma, and Community Ritual

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Characters

All Characters Santiago Nasar The Narrator Angela Vicario Bayardo San Román Pedro Vicario Pablo Vicario The Visiting Magistrate

Symbols

All Symbols The Bishop The River Flowers Birds

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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
& Analysis

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

Themes

All Themes
Fate vs. Free Will
Fact, Fiction, and Memory
The Sacred and the Profane
Gender, Class, and Social Restrictions
Violence, Trauma, and Community
Ritual

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Santiago Nasar
The Narrator
Angela Vicario
Bayardo San Román
Pedro Vicario
Pablo Vicario
The Visiting Magistrate

Symbols

All Symbols
The Bishop
The River
Flowers
Birds

Theme Wheel

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