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Question 1

A___________, t____ i_ a c____ o_ u__________ s__________ t__ c____________ l______ u_ t_ t__ m_____ - t____ w__ n____ a_______ a__ p____ t___ S_______ N____ d__ w___ A_____ V______ c______. B_____

Answer 1

Additionally, there is a cloud of uncertainty surrounding the circumstances leading up to the murder - there was never actually any proof that Santiago Nasar did what Angela Vicario claimed. Before

Question 2

B_____ h__ d____ h_ i_ d________ a_ “c_______” - n__ a_ a________ a_________ w___ g____. M______

Answer 2

Before his death he is described as “confused” - not an adjective associated with guilt. Márquez

Question 3

M______ l_____ m___ u_________ q________ i_ t__ n______ - f__ e______, i_ l___ 2_ o_ t__ e______ t____ w__ “s______ w__ w__ n____ i_________” w__ t____ t_ s___ h__. T___,

Answer 3

Márquez leaves many unanswered questions in the novella - for example, in line 26 of the extract there was “someone who was never identified” who tried to save him. This,

Question 4

T___, c_______ w___ o____ u___ o_ m____ r______ i_ t__ n______, c______ a s____ o_ d_____ i___________ - a_ e_______ f____ a_________ t_ p______ t___ a________ d____. T__

Answer 4

This, combined with other uses of magic realism in the novella, conveys a sense of divine intervention - an external force attempting to prevent this avoidable death. The

Question 5

T__ c_________ i_ t__ n______ o_____ o___ a__ t____ q________, b__ M______ a______ t__ m___ i________ q_______ - w__ S_______ N____ d___. A__

Answer 5

The characters in the novella obsess over all these questions, but Márquez answers the most important question - why Santiago Nasar died. And

Question 6

A__ t__ a_____, w____ i_ s_______ e___________, M______ m____ c____ - b__ t__ t___ a__ t__ s______ i_ r_________ c_____ a_____ t___, h____ d______ t___ c____ t_ r_____ i_____ u____ s______ a______ i__ c_________ r_____________ t_ c_____ t____ e___________.

Answer 6

And the answer, which is societal expectations, Márquez makes clear - but the town and the society it represents cannot accept this, hence dooming this cycle to repeat itself until society accepts its collective responsibility to change these expectations.