In the novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez used the motif of biblical references in order to outline the main theme of solitude in the novel. The characters Jose Arcadio Buendia, Ursula Iguaran, and Melquiades all had been symbolized by some kind of biblical character. ... Adam was the one who had tried to do what's right and had stronger qualities such as character. ... She was the one who had to take charge and run everything after Jose's downfall. Ursula's downfall, though, was the fact that it took her so many years to realize what was going on and n...

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