Santiago Nasar

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Santiago Nasar is the ill-fated young man whose foretold murder drives the plot and themes of honor, fate, and communal guilt in Gabriel García Márquez’s novella "Chronicle of a Death Foretold."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
accusedOf taking Angela Vicario’s virginity
appearsIn Chronicle of a Death Foretold
associatedWithMotif dreams
omens
associatedWithTheme communal guilt
fate
honor
inevitability of death
premonition
violence
centralTo structure of non-linear narrative
characterTrait carefree
charming
naive
womanizer
creator Gabriel García Márquez
deathCause stabbing
deathType murder
drives investigation into memory and truth in the novella
ethnicBackgroundInFiction Arab descent
familyBackground son of a wealthy rancher
firstPublicationContext introduced in 1981 novella Chronicle of a Death Foretold
gender male
killedBy Pedro Vicario
surface form: Pablo Vicario

Pedro Vicario
knowledgeOfFate unaware of impending murder
locationOfDeathInFiction in front of his house
narrativeFunction catalyst for plot
narrativePerspective seen through multiple testimonies
nationalityInFiction Colombian
occupationInFiction farm manager
ranch owner
relationshipTo Angela Vicario
Bayardo San Román
Vicario family
religionInFiction Catholic
roleInWork murder victim
protagonist
setting Caribbean coastal town
symbolizes community’s collective guilt
innocence trapped by fate
victim of social codes of honor
timeOfDeathInFiction morning after Bayardo and Angela’s wedding

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Pedro Vicario victim Santiago Nasar