The narrator doesn’t really pass any judgement that can be seen in this extract, merely presenting us with the world and its characters and leaving us to judge for ourselves, giving more power to the piece by making us consider these people subjectively rather than be told how to feel.I have come to the conclusion on close analysis of this particular section of the story that Marquez seems on the whole in the extract to be telling a story about men and women most prevalently, and about the rooted beliefs of the weaknesses of women and their irrationality, elaborating on these ideas while exploring ideas of isolation and solitude. The chosen passage is near the beginning of the story, following the villager’s ignorance of the funeral and the widow’s decision to lock herself away forever.
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La Viuda De Montiel por Gabriel Garcia Marquez Zahira Nunez Debbie Guzman Maria Martinez Cuando José Montiel murió, todo el mundo se sentía vengado excepto su viuda, pero tomó varias horas para que todos creyeran que había muerto en realidad. Muchos continuaron en duda después de Personajes Centrales José Montiel: A pesar de ya estar muerto tiene un gran impacto en la historia. She is unable, locking herself away, to make the leap outside and confront the views of the public, and we get the juxtaposition of the gunshots outside with her being attacked by the sounds outside from within the house, “Empezaba a dormirse cuando una tremenda explosión sacudió los cimientos de la casa.”Marquez uses a lot of imagery to further present this idea of isolation and solitude but also to form this fictional world that he chooses to present this story in. We are shown an almost eternal, dreary, wet October that gives an eerie, supernatural tone to the extract “Octubre se eternizaba con sus lluvias pantanosas”, when combined with the widow’s feelings of being lost and sailing aimlessly through the big, empty house with its Gothic overtones of something a bit ghostly and fantastic, “ella se sentía perdida, navegando sin rumbo en la desordenada y fabulosa hacienda de José Montiel.”The secondary theme of the relationship between the couple, both before and after, is the other key idea worth mentioning. <> This passage really brings to the foreground the differences between the two people and how Montiel’s death has affected his wife. El pueblo se había librado de la amenaza, y cobraba justicia. <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 594.96 842.04] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> These ideas of isolation and solitude are two of the key themes Marquez seems to explore in this passage.Firstly and most importantly, Montiel’s death and his mistreatment of the town leaves his widow isolated. ACTIVIDADES SUGERIDAS POR ASIGNATURA Lenguaje y comunicación: - Esta película se basa en el cuento La viuda de Montiel que es parte de una colección de ocho relatos publicados bajo el nombre Los funerales de la Mamá grande, publicado en 1962.Formar grupos de estudiantes y reali - 4 0 obj Entonces, los quesos guardados sirvieron de engorde de los gusanos y las reces quedaron a merced de los ladrones. “Lacerada por la supersticion”, the widow is literally severed from her husband and their relationship, almost cast off into a metaphorical abyss of isolation. <> La lectura produce una sensación de malestar. Trata de vivir a travs de la alegra de sus hijos, que por otra parte no ignoran como ella quin era Montiel y temen volver, pero esta evasin la viuda la paga con la mana de morderse las uas hasta irritarlas tanto que finalmente necesita vendarlas.