must revise these quotes!!! Flashcards

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“how to shoot a revolver”

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christobal bedoya

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“to wipe [their] sister’s honour clean”

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vic twins

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“told us about the miracle not the saint”

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“asked everyone to warn him”

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Clotilde Armenta

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“don’t want flowers at my funeral”

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foreshadows

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“looked like a ghost”

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simile

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“a town frightened of its own crime”

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accountability

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“the rain”

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motif

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“an easy truth”

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“the names of flowers”

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“protagonists of the tragedy”

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“with the passage pf time she freed herself from blame”

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“her accomplices in the deception”

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14
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“take charge of the family”

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“honour doesn’t wait”

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“married forever”

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“looked like a killer in the movies”

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“the height of machismo”

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“in broad daylight and with their faces showing”

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“price of the insult”

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“native prejudices”

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“pig-killing knives”

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motif

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“surrounded by panting dogs”

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cyclical nature, the inescapability of this problematic predatory relationship + foreshadows

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“her face all bruised”

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“sacrificial tools”

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suggests that Santiago was sacrificed

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“looked like two children”

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innocent to their crime, powerless to their involvement

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“empty shell”

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consequences of this exertion of brutality

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“proved their status as men”

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MACHISMO!!!

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“burn up the prisoners in the cell” however the Arab community is presented as “perplexed and sad” by the crime and still generously offers the twins medicine to heal their diseases/ailments

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race/prejudices

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“seemed to be written in blood”

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the crime remains with those who were involved

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“couldn’t avoid the butcher hawk hand”

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animalistic imagery

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“the Fatal door”

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symbolic

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“access to endless resources”

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34
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“the illusion of buying happiness”

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35
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“took away their knives”

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action of Colonel Lazaro Aponte

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“ring the fire alarm”

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37
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“gave them an angry blessing”

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38
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“money made him untouchable”

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39
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“lagoon of lost causes”

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failure of Colombia’s justice system

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“to be tamed”

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animistic imagery

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“powers of divination”

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magical realism

42
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“returned bride”

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43
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“shitty animals [and] lowlifes”

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the poor view of the poor

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“reared to get married” + “raised to suffer”

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expectations of women + animalistic imagery

45
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“blind father…watch[ed] over her honour”

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ironic

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“a falcon who chases a warlike crane”

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relationships should not be based on gender equality

47
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“bouquets of wax orange blossoms”

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the pretence of purity/virginity

48
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“Purisma”

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purest

49
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“wrapped the face of the rejected daughter”

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value of appearances

50
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“a cage with a canary that didn’t stop singing”

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symbolic of Angela’s past resistance to this androcentric society

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“thick crowd”

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callous nature of society

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“like a stigma of the crucified Christ”

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53
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“Looked like a penance”

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simile, for admission of sins

54
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“knife kept coming out clean”

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55
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“the moan of a calf”

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suggests that his murder is sacrificial

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“The terrible smell of shit” is juxtaposed with Santiago appearing “handsomer than ever”

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