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A key theme in the novella, Márquez uses religion to demonstrate how fundamentally broken the state of Latin American society is - the Bishop is a symbol of this. On
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On line 17, his “boat” is met with “roars of jubilation”. The “jubilation” demonstrates the veneration of Christianity within the town, but the animalistic metaphor “roars” presents it as savage, a theme showcased by the brutal murder of Santiago Nasar that the Catholic expectations surrounding virginity cause. In
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In the wider text, the bishop gives an “obligatory blessing”. The adjective “obligatory” reflects how societal expectations dictate the way every character in the novella acts, whilst the great irony is that if one person realised that they could have acted differently, the tragedy could have been entirely avoided. Furthermore,
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Furthermore, Márquez juxtaposes the Bishop’s “hate” for the town with the core Christian tenets of love and forgiveness - his boat just passes the town, as if abandoning it. The
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The Bishop may be doing this due to how far the town has strayed from the Christian ideas of love, implying how the place’s veneration of honour cannot coexist with love and forgiveness. He
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He also makes the “sign of the cross … mechanically, without malice or inspiration”: the adverb “mechanically” implies how this will continue eternally, a cycle doomed to repeat itself with each new Santiago Nasar. Also,
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Also, Márquez uses the adjectives “without malice or inspiration” to mirror the damaging apathy that is ubiquitous within the whole town, as they felt the murder was just and honourable.
