Amaranta Úrsula

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Amaranta Úrsula is a central character in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," a later-generation member of the Buendía family whose life and tragic love story help bring the family saga to its fateful conclusion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Character in a novel
Fictional character
Literary character
appearsIn One Hundred Years of Solitude
associatedWith Destruction of Macondo
Manuscripts of Melquíades
causeOfDeath Childbirth complications
characterArc Attempts to restore the Buendía house and Macondo’s former vitality
Defies family taboos through her relationship with Aureliano Babilonia
Returns to Macondo after living abroad
child Aureliano (son of Amaranta Úrsula and Aureliano Babilonia)
creator Gabriel García Márquez
deathPlace Macondo
familyName Buendía
linked to: Buendía family
fictionalUniverse One Hundred Years of Solitude
firstPublicationContext First appeared in the 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude
gender Female
household Buendía house in Macondo
languageOfCharacter Spanish
literaryMovementContext Magical realism
literarySignificance Symbol of the final repetition of the Buendía family’s cyclical fate
loveInterest Aureliano Babilonia
memberOf Buendía family
narrativeRole Central character in the final generation of the Buendía family
Key figure in the conclusion of the Buendía saga
nationalityOfFictionalCharacter Colombian
positionInFamilyTree One of the last Buendía descendants
relative Aureliano Babilonia
Aureliano Segundo
Fernanda del Carpio
José Arcadio (son of Fernanda and Aureliano Segundo)
José Arcadio Buendía
Renata Remedios (Meme)
Úrsula Iguarán
residence Macondo
roleInWork Her death coincides with the final unraveling of Macondo
Her relationship with Aureliano Babilonia fulfills the Buendía family prophecy
sharesNameWith Amaranta Buendía
linked to: Amaranta
spouse Gaston
themeInvolvement Cyclical history
Family destiny
Incest
Solitude
Tragic love
timePeriodOfFictionalExistence Late stages of Macondo’s history

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Úrsula Iguarán relativeOf Amaranta Úrsula
Aureliano Babilonia relative Amaranta Úrsula
Buendía family hasMember Amaranta Úrsula
Aureliano Segundo hasRelative Amaranta Úrsula
Aureliano Segundo parentOf Amaranta Úrsula
Renata Remedios fullName Renata Remedios Buendía
subject linked to: Renata Remedios (Meme)
linked to: Amaranta Úrsula
Gaston (husband of Amaranta Úrsula) spouse Amaranta Úrsula Buendía
linked to: Amaranta Úrsula
Gaston (husband of Amaranta Úrsula) maritalStatus married to Amaranta Úrsula Buendía
linked to: Amaranta Úrsula