santiago_nasar

|| Santiago Nasar || || Though __Chronicle of a Death Foretold__ focuses on the murder of Santiago Nasar, he remains a mystery. He was murdered by Angela Vicario’s twin brothers as she told them that he took her virginity. His parents married simply for convenience, and his appreciation of valor, prudence, firearms, and falconry comes from his father. He is said to be handsome and rich, and probably would have seduced Divina Flor if he was still alive. He was engaged to Flora Miguel before he died. He often dreams about trees and birds and wakes up with a headache, though his mother said that she did not notice anything bizarre about his dreams before his death (she is a dream-reader). One never learns if Santiago Nasar did indeed have sex with Angela Vicario. || || Santiago is derived from Spanish //santo//, meaning “saint,” combined with //lago//, an old Spanish form of James, the patron saint of Spain. Nasar comes from Hebrew, and means “of Nazareth.”  Throughout the novel, Gabriel Garcia Marquez makes use of allusions to perpetuate Santiago Nasar’s portrayal as a Christ figure. His name supports this idea. Indeed, as Santiago means “saint,” which in religious terms is a human being to whom has been attributed a high level of holiness and sanctity in an exemplary life of virtuous behavior. At the same time, Nasar means “of Nazareth,” which, for Christians, is said to be the childhood home of Jesus Christ. || || Elizabeth Goslin ||  
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