Remedios the Beauty

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Remedios the Beauty is a strikingly beautiful and enigmatic member of the Buendía family in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," known for her innocence, otherworldly aura, and miraculous ascension to heaven.

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
alsoKnownAs Remedios la Bella NERFINISHED
appearsIn One Hundred Years of Solitude NERFINISHED
associatedWith Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED
One Hundred Years of Solitude NERFINISHED
characteristic enigmatic personality
innocence
otherworldly aura
striking beauty
countryOfOrigin Colombia NERFINISHED
createdBy Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance iconic figure of Latin American magical realism
familyName Buendía NERFINISHED
fictionalResidence Macondo NERFINISHED
firstPublicationOfWork 1967
fullName Remedios Moscote NERFINISHED
gender female
genreOfWorkAppearedIn magical realism
hasFate miraculous bodily assumption into heaven
influences interpretations of purity in magical realism criticism
languageOfWork Spanish
literaryPeriod Boom of Latin American literature NERFINISHED
medium novel
memberOf Buendía family NERFINISHED
narrativeRole embodiment of magical realism
symbol of purity
notableEvent ascension to heaven
portrayedAs indifferent to social conventions
unaware of her own beauty
relative Amaranta NERFINISHED
Aureliano Segundo NERFINISHED
Fernanda del Carpio NERFINISHED
José Arcadio Buendía NERFINISHED
José Arcadio Segundo NERFINISHED
Úrsula Iguarán NERFINISHED
settingOfWork Macondo NERFINISHED
themeAssociated innocence versus experience
intersection of the sacred and the everyday
transcendence of the mundane
workAuthorNationality Colombian

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One Hundred Years of Solitude mainCharacter Remedios the Beauty