Chronicle Of A Death Foretold Essay About Women

"The brothers were brought up to be men. The girls had been reared to get married" (Márquez 31). In this culture, a woman's only purpose is to marry and have children. She is taught the basic skills required to take care of a house and is judged on beauty, while the men are able to live their lives freely, without judgement. These standards take every ounce of power from the women and hand it to the men, preventing women from overcoming these standards. For example, Angela Vicario, the youngest daughter in her family, suffers through the judgement of society and the set standards of marriage and virginity. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, the author illustrates how men force women into submissive roles in society in order to emphasize how it causes women to feel powerless and lessens their ability to attain equality with men. One illustration, proved by Bayardo San Román, demonstrates how men have the power to force women into submissive roles, especially through marriage. When he first comes to town with silver saddlebags matching his belt, he amazes everyone through his power and wealth. Furthermore, when Angela Vicario catches his eye for the first time as she is crossing the square, he says, '"When I wake up," he said, "remind me that I'm going to marry her"' (Márquez 29). Bayardo already knows he is going to marry her, as if she does not have a choice in the matter.

The marriages where women do not have a say, the stress of following set standards, and the rules of virginity against women all contribute to the culture where women feel powerless. Women's emotions and feelings are ignored in order to maintain a society where men set the rules about how a woman should act and what she should