The articles of clothing, including jewelry that the characters in Dom Casmurro and Chronicle of a Death Foretold wear assist the narrator in revealing the characters' personalities and in explaining the characters' actions throughout the two novels. ... Santiago Nasar, arguably the victim of Chronicle of a Death Foretold, is a wealthy twenty-one year old man who can afford to wear whatever he likes. ... While reading the beginning of Chronicle of a Death Foretold, it is easy to picture Santiago as an innocent vulnerable dove, one completely unaware of what surrounds him. ... Most...

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A look at the absurdity of society's values when justice is based on prejudice in Albert Camus' "The Stranger- and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Chronicle of a Death Foretold."" Both "Chronicle of a Death Foretold- by Gabriel Garcí Marquez and "The Stranger- by Albert Camus depict the ritualistic death of a character in order to portray the absurdity of society's values through the use of unconventional justice. ... In "Chronicle of a Death Foretold,"" author Gabriel Garcí Marquez portrays the irrationality of society's morals through the public s rea...

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