Vicario family

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The Vicario family is a central household in Gabriel García Márquez’s novella "Chronicle of a Death Foretold," known for its strict honor code and its twin brothers’ role in the story’s tragic revenge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional family
literary character group
appearsIn Chronicle of a Death Foretold NERFINISHED
centralTo plot of Chronicle of a Death Foretold
createdBy Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED
culturalBackground Caribbean Colombian
fictionalUniverse Gabriel García Márquez’s Caribbean town setting
firstPublicationContext Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981) NERFINISHED
hasDaughter The unnamed younger daughters
Ángela Vicario NERFINISHED
hasFather Poncio Vicario NERFINISHED
hasMember Pablo Vicario NERFINISHED
Pedro Vicario NERFINISHED
Poncio Vicario NERFINISHED
Pura Vicario NERFINISHED
The unnamed younger daughters
Ángela Vicario NERFINISHED
hasMother Pura Vicario NERFINISHED
hasSon Pablo Vicario NERFINISHED
Pedro Vicario NERFINISHED
influences Pablo Vicario’s decision to kill Santiago Nasar
Pedro Vicario’s decision to kill Santiago Nasar
knownFor strict honor code
traditional gender roles
twin brothers’ revenge killing
language Spanish
livesIn Unnamed Caribbean town
narrativeFunction catalyst for the novella’s central tragedy
embodiment of traditional honor culture
nationality Colombian (fictional setting)
relatedEvent forced return of Ángela Vicario to her parents
publicly announced plan to kill Santiago Nasar
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
roleInWork family of the bride Ángela Vicario
instigators of honor killing through the twins
socialClass lower middle class
themeAssociatedWith collective responsibility
honor
machismo
social pressure
violence
upholdsValue family honor
female chastity
obedience to social norms

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Pedro Vicario partOf Vicario family
Santiago Nasar relationshipTo Vicario family