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    Catholicism plays an important role in the plot and culture depicted in Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Religious figures like the Bishop and Father Amador condone the honor killing of Santiago based on religious beliefs of the time. Marriage is viewed as a religious sacrament entered into for honor or convenience rather than love. Other religious ceremonies like baptism, mass, and mourning rituals are described, showing the centrality of the Catholic church in the community. Superstitions are also common, with religious expressions used in everyday speech.

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    Catholicism plays an important role in the plot and culture depicted in Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Religious figures like the Bishop and Father Amador condone the honor killing of Santiago based on religious beliefs of the time. Marriage is viewed as a religious sacrament entered into for honor or convenience rather than love. Other religious ceremonies like baptism, mass, and mourning rituals are described, showing the centrality of the Catholic church in the community. Superstitions are also common, with religious expressions used in everyday speech.

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    Catholicism plays an important role in the plot and culture depicted in Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Religious figures like the Bishop and Father Amador condone the honor killing of Santiago based on religious beliefs of the time. Marriage is viewed as a religious sacrament entered into for honor or convenience rather than love. Other religious ceremonies like baptism, mass, and mourning rituals are described, showing the centrality of the Catholic church in the community. Superstitions are also common, with religious expressions used in everyday speech.

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    Religion in Chronicle of a

    Death Foretold : Catholicism


    Religion is very important to the plot
    men in power
    Premarital sex not allowed- but this isnt a
    dishonour for men
    Honour killing is condoned by Father
    Amador, who says they are perhaps
    innocent before God if not men and the
    law
    After the murder, Angela Vicario is again in
    possession of her honour

    Religious figures
    The Bishop The priest and Santiago
    dress up smartly for him, but Angela
    thinks he is wasteful to throw the
    rest of the rooster in the garbage and
    only eat the comb soup, and he
    hates this town
    Father Amador : the doctor says only
    a priest could be so dumb and
    doesnt warn Santiago

    marriage
    Santiagos mothers marriage of
    convenience without a single
    instance of happiness
    Bayardos contract of love with Angela
    Angela is forced to marry a man she
    had barely seen
    Bayardo and Angelo both have an
    illusion of marriage

    Other religious ceremonies


    Santiago was Christened
    The atmosphere was funereal and there
    were enough flowers for 14 1st class
    funerals
    The Vicarios are in rigorous mourning
    for their daughter but it is relaxed inside
    the house suggesting it is just an act
    Bayardo is disrespectful of their
    mourning and of the Widower Xius

    Bayardo helped with the mass in latin


    The narrators mother doesnt go to mass +
    associates the distant uproar of the bishop's
    arrival with the wedding party
    The Vicario brothers crossed themselves when
    they saw father Amador and the altar being
    carried
    Pura Vicario looked like a nun who devoted
    herself with such spirit of sacrifice to the care
    of her husband
    Narrators sister the nun but she wasnt
    going to wait for the bishop because she had a
    hangover

    superstition
    Santiagos dreams are an omen
    sick people in the archways to receive
    Gods medecine
    Belief in ghosts pura vicario says
    answer me if youre still of this world
    Also used in speech as an exclamation
    eg. good heavens for the love of
    God and holy mother of God

    Murder
    Treated as a religious sacrifice with
    sacrificial tools
    The cut on santiagos hand looked
    like a stigma of the crucified christ

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