In order to retrieve Angela’s honour, the Vicario brothers verily believed they had to kill Santiago Nasar. As a matter fact, they “had told their plans to more than a dozen people” and the news spreads to “everyone before six o’clock” on that day. The time motif evokes a malicious tone because it is imperative for everyone to know that they complete their duties as Angela’s siblings (an immoral crime). The Vicario brothers deliberately decide that murdering Santiago Nasar is moral; ironically, it is, in fact, an immoral act because Santiago is essentially cheated out of life. Santiago is oblivious to his own death and the opportunity to prepare or fight back remains absent. After the crime is committed, it becomes essential to “convinc[e]