destruction of Macondo
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The destruction of Macondo is the apocalyptic end of the fictional town in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," symbolizing the ultimate collapse of the Buendía family and their world.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apocalyptic event
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fictional event ⓘ literary motif ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | "One Hundred Years of Solitude" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
apocalyptic wind
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final cataclysm ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1967 ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
cyclical repetition of the Buendía family’s mistakes
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deciphering of the parchments by Aureliano Babilonia ⓘ fulfillment of Melquíades’ prophecies ⓘ incestuous culmination of the Buendía family line ⓘ |
| hasLocation | Macondo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fate and predestination
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magical realism ⓘ memory and forgetting ⓘ rise and fall of civilizations ⓘ solitude ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Spanish ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
iconic ending in Latin American literature
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paradigmatic example of apocalyptic closure in fiction ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
closure of the novel
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resolution of the Buendía family saga ⓘ revelation of the meaning of the parchments ⓘ |
| partOf | novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Aureliano Babilonia
NERFINISHED
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Buendía family NERFINISHED ⓘ Melquíades’ parchments NERFINISHED ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| resultsIn |
end of the Buendía family
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erasure of Macondo from history ⓘ obliteration of the town’s memory ⓘ |
| setInCountryOfOriginOfWork | Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInGenre | magical realism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
collapse of the Buendía family
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cyclical nature of history ⓘ end of a world ⓘ failure of the Buendía lineage ⓘ inevitability of oblivion ⓘ limits of human memory ⓘ self-destruction brought by solitude ⓘ |
| timeInNarrative |
end of the Buendía family’s seventh generation
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final chapter of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" ⓘ |
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