Character
Pedro and Pablo Vicario
Who insists that Santiago Nasar must die to restore honour?
Honour.
What is a central theme that connects the two texts?
Santiago's fate is sealed.
What is the symbolic meaning of the locked doorway to Santiago's house in Chronicle?
Non-linear with a journalistic style.
How would you describe Chronicle's narrative style?
To expose the destructive consequences of honour based killing.
Why might Chronicle be read as critique of machismo culture?
Uncle by marriage and legal guardian.
What is Eddie's relationship to Catherine?
The motif of dreams.
What acts as a foreshadowing technique to indicate Santiago's fate?
They represent Eddie's anxiety about Catherine's growth and maturity.
What is the symbolic effect of Catherine's high heels in View?
Greek Tragedy.
Which theatrical convention is used to frame A View from the Bridge?
Eddie's inevitable downfall due to his hamartia.
What can we expect through Miller's use of Aristotelian tragedy?
He acts as a Chorus - providing a commentary and foreshadowing events.
What is Alfieri's function as a dramatic device?
To dishonour Rodolpho and perhaps to reveal his own feelings for Catherine to the audience.
Why does Eddie kiss Rodolpho?
They are suggestive of bad omens.
What is the symbolic effect of birds in Chronicle?
Magical Realism.
What genre does Marquez use to create ambiguity around Santiago's story?
Postmodernist fiction.
Which discourse was defined by partial and fragmented narratives?
When a character's name reflects their personality.
What is the onomastic symbolism?
'On the day they were going to kill him ...'
Which line establishes the sense of inevitability at the opening of the novel?
It represents the divide between Sicilian and American codes and beliefs.
What is the symbolic meaning of Brooklyn Bridge?
The chair raised as a weapon.
Which moment is significant in the building of tension in View?
As a critique of toxic masculinity.
How might we interpret central themes in A View from the Bridge using a modernist theory?
By warning others and giving Santiago time to escape.
How does Clotilde Armenta attempt to prevent Santiago's murder?
The American Dream.
Which unattainable belief influenced Miller at the time of his writing?
It represents the distortion of memory.
What is the symbolic use of weather in Chronicle?
To emphasize the town's collective responsibility for Santiago's death.
Why does Marquez use a journalistic style that includes many versions of events?
One is dictated by honour and the other is a conflict between the legal and moral.
How would you describe the difference in the concept of justice in the two texts?