In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the way in which women were represented and characterized gives us an idea of ​​the way in which the female gender is also treated differently from the masculine gender. children in Latin America in the 1950s. Husbands had all the authority, also known as machismo, while wives were not allowed to take charge of anything and were portrayed as weak and powerless. The Vicario sisters were raised and trained by their mother, Purisima Del Carmen, to become good wives. They did not have a very social life and did not marry until late in life. However, the lines from the novel "girls were raised to marry" and "any man will be happy with them because they were raised to suffer" suggest that women generally have certain responsibilities that must be fulfilled, one of which will keep their man happy by serving them for the rest of their lives. The Vicario sisters were expected to help with daily chores such as sewing, weaving, ironing and washing. To make their mothers believe they were perfect, they were also taught to keep ancient traditions alive, helping the sick, comforting the dying, and covering the dead. However, one of his daughters, Angela, broke the village rules and traditions. by having sex before marriage. It had made her lose all honor and self-respect, because of her own choice. She had lost her virginity to Santiago Nasar but still showed no signs of embarrassment as she openly informed her husband, Bayardo San Roman, of this big and shocking news and bravely put on the veil while waiting. the groom. . At first, she showed no interest in Bayardo, but was rejected by her mother who said that "love... middle of paper... it's humble that they think about women and considered as nothing more than sexual objects, who have no autonomous position In this novel, men are illustrated as the dominant ones, who exercise complete control over men. they wanted (for example, to go to the brothel), but if a woman cheated or lost her virginity before marriage, this is considered the ultimate sin. Throughout the novel, double standards were portrayed, along with men. .being the superiors Women, on the other hand, were expected to be perfect and any problem in their behavior would lead to a ruinous reputation. Marquez depicted women in an extremely distressing and upsetting manner in an attempt to elicit pity from the inferior sex. among readers, however, the roles of each woman in Chronicle of a Death Foretold are different, but considered to be controlled by men...