Chronicle of a Death Foretold characters

Santiago Nasar

Santiago Nasar is the central figure in the book, and the whole plot is turning around this man. However, the strange thing, we have not too much information about this person. The plot is connected with Santiago’s death, but it is hard to distinguish the reasons for his death and details...

Ángela Vicario

Santiago is undoubtedly the center figure of the novel, but Angela is a person without whom a story would not happen. The first impression about Angela is not too attractive. She appears as a helpless girl who is not able to care about her future. She is too depended on her mum and follows her...

Bayardo San Román

Bayardo San Roman is a complex of man’s perfection. Being significantly rich, considerably handsome, and the first figure in any activity he was a marriage goal for any woman. Bayardo knows anything that the person could know, and there wasn’t a girl who was not thinking about his...

Pedro Vicario

Pedro and Pablo are twins and brothers to Angela. Being twins makes them similar, but there are differences between two of them anyway. Pedro is younger for several minutes as the narrator states. He also claims that if to compare two brothers, Pedro is more sensitive one and has a kind heart...

The Narrator (Chronicle of a Death Foretold)

The Narrator who tells the whole story in the novel has no exact name but perfectly plays his role of a teller. He is the one who gives us so many details about his surroundings and helps to understand what is going on. He is a friend with Santiago and all time knows about the preparation for...

Pablo Vicario

Pablo Vicario is Angela’s brother and the one from Vicario’s twins. He is a little bit older, but it does not make him serious. There are lots of examples where he acted as the younger one. A calling to kill Santiago was originated by Pablo, though. He was ready to protect his honor...

The Visiting Magistrate

The visiting magistrate is a figure in the novel that was not named. He was not local and was invited to the village after the murder. It was Lazaro Aponte who asked the magistrate to come and discover the matter of Santiago’s murder. The visiting magistrate had previously finished the...