Amaranta Úrsula

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Amaranta Úrsula is a central character in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," a later-generation member of the Buendía family whose life and tragic love story help bring the family saga to its fateful conclusion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Character in a novel
Fictional character
Literary character
appearsIn One Hundred Years of Solitude NERFINISHED
associatedWith Destruction of Macondo NERFINISHED
Manuscripts of Melquíades NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath Childbirth complications
characterArc Attempts to restore the Buendía house and Macondo’s former vitality
Defies family taboos through her relationship with Aureliano Babilonia
Returns to Macondo after living abroad
child Aureliano (son of Amaranta Úrsula and Aureliano Babilonia) NERFINISHED
creator Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED
deathPlace Macondo NERFINISHED
familyName Buendía NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse One Hundred Years of Solitude NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext First appeared in the 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude
gender Female
household Buendía house in Macondo NERFINISHED
languageOfCharacter Spanish
literaryMovementContext Magical realism
literarySignificance Symbol of the final repetition of the Buendía family’s cyclical fate
loveInterest Aureliano Babilonia NERFINISHED
memberOf Buendía family NERFINISHED
narrativeRole Central character in the final generation of the Buendía family
Key figure in the conclusion of the Buendía saga
nationalityOfFictionalCharacter Colombian
positionInFamilyTree One of the last Buendía descendants
relative Aureliano Babilonia NERFINISHED
Aureliano Segundo NERFINISHED
Fernanda del Carpio NERFINISHED
José Arcadio (son of Fernanda and Aureliano Segundo) NERFINISHED
José Arcadio Buendía NERFINISHED
Renata Remedios (Meme) NERFINISHED
Úrsula Iguarán NERFINISHED
residence Macondo NERFINISHED
roleInWork Her death coincides with the final unraveling of Macondo
Her relationship with Aureliano Babilonia fulfills the Buendía family prophecy
sharesNameWith Amaranta Buendía NERFINISHED
spouse Gaston NERFINISHED
themeInvolvement Cyclical history
Family destiny
Incest
Solitude NERFINISHED
Tragic love
timePeriodOfFictionalExistence Late stages of Macondo’s history

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Buendía family hasMember Amaranta Úrsula
Aureliano Babilonia relative Amaranta Úrsula
Úrsula Iguarán relativeOf Amaranta Úrsula