Petra Cotes

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Petra Cotes is a character in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," known as Aureliano Segundo’s passionate lover and a symbol of sensuality and material abundance in Macondo.

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
alignment sympathetic character
appearsIn One Hundred Years of Solitude NERFINISHED
appearsInWorkBy Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED
associatedMotif abundance of livestock
plague of rabbits
associatedWith eroticism
excess
good fortune
prosperity
characterTrait emotionally loyal to Aureliano Segundo
generous
practical
sensual
contrastedWith Fernanda del Carpio NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork Colombia NERFINISHED
createdBy Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED
economicEffect coincides with extraordinary multiplication of animals
emotionalArc remains devoted to Aureliano Segundo through his decline
fictionalUniverse Macondo NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude
genre magical realism
household shared home with Aureliano Segundo
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
literarySignificance embodiment of bodily pleasure over social respectability
figure of magical economic fecundity
loverOf Aureliano Segundo NERFINISHED
medium novel
narrativeRole Aureliano Segundo’s mistress
catalyst for economic prosperity
counterpoint to Fernanda del Carpio
nationalityInFiction Colombian
occupation lottery operator
raffle organizer
partner Aureliano Segundo NERFINISHED
partOf Buendía family saga NERFINISHED
relationshipTypeWith Aureliano Segundo long-term extramarital relationship
passionate love affair
relationshipWith Fernanda del Carpio rival in Aureliano Segundo’s affections
residence Macondo NERFINISHED
symbolizes fertility
material abundance
sensuality
sexuality
themeConnection intersection of love, wealth, and superstition in Macondo
timePeriodInFiction late 19th to early 20th century Macondo

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Fernanda del Carpio conflictWith Petra Cotes