Chronicle of a Death Foretold

  • End of Civil War

    pg 80-81
  • Santiago Nasar's dad, Ibrahim Nasar, dies

    3 years before murder, pg7
  • Bayardo and Angela first meet

    pg 28
  • Bayardo arrives in town

    6 months before murder, pg25
  • Bayardo family arrives

    convinces Angela's family to support him marrying Angela, pg33
  • Bayardo buys Xius' house

    pg 37, showing economic power - proves to Angela's family that he will be able to provide (role of husbands at the time)
  • Bayardo leaves Angela

    Bayardo and Angela just married, but he returns her to her mother's house when he discovered she was not a virgin, pg21
  • Colonel Lazaro Aponte confiscates the twins’ knives

    can not arrest them on suspicion, forgets to warn Santiago due to Bishop's arrival, pg 57
  • Vicario brothers tell others their plan

    "The Vicario brothers had told their plans to more than a dozen people who had gone to buy milk, and these had spread the news everywhere before six o'clock" (Marquez 58).
  • Vicario Brothers Find Angela Beaten

    This is when they force her to reveal who, pg 47
  • Twins sharpen knives

    sharpen knives at meat market to kill Santiago, pg 51
  • Placida Linero closes the door on Santiago

    pg 117
    thought Santiago was upstairs
  • Santiago Death

    "all of the people he ran into after leaving his house at five minutes past six and until he was carved up like a pig an hour later remembered him as being a little sleepy but in a good mood, and he remarked to all of them in a casual day that is was a very beautiful day" (Marquez 4).
    - juxtaposition of weather and death
  • Vicario Brothers Try to Rid of Smell

    "The Vicario Brothers could smell him in the jail cell where the mayor had locked them up until he could think of something to do with them" (Marquez 79).
  • Santiago Nasar's Autopsy

    pg 72-75
  • Pablo Vicario marries Prudencia Cotes

    marry once he is released, pg63
    "she went on waiting for three years without a moment of discouragement until Pablo Vicario got out of jail and became her husband for life" (Marquez 63).
  • Bayardo Sees Angela After 17 years

    Angela is more mature, explains how since he left her, Bayardo has been all she thinks about.
    She has written 2000 letters, all unopened.
    pg. 88-89
  • Angela and Narrator Reunite

    pg 88-89