Chronicle of A Death Foretold: Characters

Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Characters
Use the table to add and make notes on new characters appearing between pages 71 and the
end.
No. Character Position / relationship(s) Page
1 Santiago Nasar The murdered twenty-one year old. 1

2 Narrator Old school friend of the deceased and 1
chronicler of events 27 years later.
3 Plácida Linero Santiago Nasar’s mother. 1
4 Maria Alejandrina Cervantes Town prostitute; lover of many of the men. 3
5 Bishop Unnamed; distant and superior. Does not 3
even enter the town but ‘blesses’ it
mechanically.
6 Victoria Guzmán Santiago Nasar’s cook (and previous lover to 7
his deceased father).
7 Divina Flor Victoria Guzmán’s daughter. Santiago Nasar 7
takes a possessive and aggressive sexual
interest in her.
8 Ibrahim Nasar Santiago Nasar’s (now deceased) father; an 8
Arab who came to the town and built his own
house, then married P.Linero.
9 Investigating judge An otherwise unnamed character. 10
Consider the contrast between his
original approach to ‘investigating’ and
writing a report and the narrator’s later
‘chronicling’ of events.
10 Clotilde Armenta The milk shop owner; married to Don 13
Rogelio de la Flor (who appears later).
11 Pedro Vicario The younger of the two twins; he is the more 14
dominant of the two and is hardened from
military service. Suffers from blennorrhagia
(see pg. 60)
12 Pablo Vicario The elder and less dominate twin. 14
13 Father Carmen Amador The town’s priest (presumably Catholic). 16
14 Margot Narrator’s sister 16
15 Cristo Bedoya A young man who was part of the quartet 16
(Santiago, narrator and his brother) who
grew up together.
16 Flora Miguel Santiago Nasar’s fiancée. Not much detail 17
provided until close to the end of the book
(see pages 112 onwards) when it is revealed
that she and her family were among the last
to see him before his death.
17 Don Lázaro Aponte 18
18 Angela Vicario The rejected bride and sister of Pedro and 20
Pablo. She is also later revealed to be the
narrator’s cousin (see pg. 31)
19 Narrator’s father Unnamed as yet. 21
20 Narrator’s mother Luisa Santiaga Narrator’s mother and godmother of 21
(not named until page 23) Santiago Nasar
21 Jamie Narrator’s brother 22
22 Bayardo San Román Groom to the bride Angela Vicario; an 24
outsider in the town with mysterious or even
dubious intentions.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Characters
23 Magdalena Oliver 25
24 Poncio Vicario Angela Vicario’s father. He is blind. 30
25 Purisima del Carmen Angela Vicario’s mother. 30
26 Mercedes Barcha Only briefly mentioned here when 30
commenting on Purisima, presumably in
interview with the narrator. See also page
43.
27 Two oldest daughters Unnamed at this stage and married off 30
before Angela.
28 Alberta Simonds Bayardo’s mother; described as a ‘big 32
mulatto woman’ from Curacao’.
29 Bayardo’s two sisters Unnamed at this stage; compared to ‘two 33
restless fillies’.
30 Colonel Petronio San Román Bayardo’s father; hailed as ‘the main 33
attraction’ when the family arrive in town. He
reinforces the power and status of Bayardo:
‘all he had to do was appear on the running
board for everyone to realize that Bayardo
San Román was going to marry whomever
he chose.’
31 Widower Xius Usually referred to in this manner; clearly a 34
character for whom the reader is to feel
some sympathy.
32 Dr. Dionisio Iguarán Later revealed to be the narrator’s second 36
cousin (his mother’s cousin).
33 Luis Enrique Narrator’s other brother. 41
34 Faustino Santos “A butcher friend” 51
35 Leonardo Pornoy Local policeman. 53
36 Don Rogelio de la Flor Clotilde Armenta’s husand. He runs the bar 53
by night which also serves as the milk shop
by day, run by C.A.
37 Mayor Colonel Lázaro Aponte Mayor of the town and another interesting 55
‘snapshot’ of an authoritative character who
failed to use his authority.
38 Mayor’s wife Unnamed at this stage. 55
39 Hortensia Baute 62
40 Prudencia Cotes Pablo Vicario’s fiancée. 62
41 Prudencia Cotes’ mother Unnamed at this stage. 62
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1 Santiago Nasar The murdered twenty-one year old. 1

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