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Delve into the moral dilemmas, motivations, and justifications behind the murder of Santiago Nasar in "Chronicle of a Death Foretold." Explore the consequences of actions, the societal pressure, and individuals' roles in shaping a tragic outcome.
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Consequences in Chronicle of a Death Foretold • What do I mean by ‘Consequences’? • A moral conscience, and what that consists of. • Fear of severe punishments
Analysing an action’s consequences • Why the action was committed, motives. • What could have stopped it, acts of conscience or others stepping in. • The severity and harm of the punishments weighed up against how worth it it was to commit the action.
The murder of Santiago Nasar • To defend their sister’s honour • Fear of the consequences, i.e. imprisonment for a substantial amount of time. • 3 years in prison
Angela Vicario losing her premature virginity • For love, we don’t know much about why she did this • A stronger sense of her ‘duty’ as a woman… • Beaten by her mother, returned to the family home and ostracised from the community
The contribution of the Townsfolk • Did the culture of the town take the view that the murder was ‘justified’? • Could they have intervened, was it possible to go against the sort of vivacious will the brothers had? • Did they even have the right to?