Santiago Nasar, known as a playboy, handsome, rich and a man with superficial features in his city in Colombia, is the protagonist of Gabriel García Márquez's novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold . His antagonist, and ultimately his death, is Angela Vicario. Angela is an ordinary girl, with «a defenseless air and a poverty of spirit that made her foresee an uncertain future» (p. 32). In the course of events, Angela is married to Bayardo San Roman, a suitor of sorts, and is discovered by Bayardo "deflowered" after she is already married to him. To understand the scope of this crime, however, one must understand that in the culture of this small Colombian town, honor is a circumstance of life and death. The honor for a woman is her virginity; an extremely important moral practice that is essential to keep uncontaminated. “She only took the time to say the name. He searched for it in the shadows, found it at first sight among the many, many easily confused names of this world and the other, and nailed it to the wall with his well-aimed dart, like a butterfly without will whose phrase is always been written. 'Santiago Nasar,' he said” (page 47). Angela's previous sexual encounter with a man to whom she was not engaged tarnished her honor. Her brothers, Pedro and Pablo Vicario, felt the weight of their sister's dishonor on their shoulders. To restore their sister's good name, they felt they had to get rid of the man who took it from them in the first place, and according to Angela, that man was Santiago. However, in Gabriel García Márquez's novel, the narrator's description of the setting and Santiago Nasar's murder suggests that Santiago is innocent. This trumps the culturally influenced accusations of Angela......middle of paper......and Jerusalem at the time of Jesus who did not believe his innocence until after his crucifixion. The fourth and final example is death for the salvation of others. Jesus died to save all people from their previous sins and Santiago died to save Angela from her previous sin of premarital sex. Therefore, both Jesus and Santiago died to repair the damaged relationships of humble people. In conclusion, the narrator's description of the setting and the murder of Santiago Nasar suggests that Santiago is innocent, compared to the innocently condemned savior Jesus Christ of biblical times. These descriptions trump Angela Vicario's culturally influenced accusations against him, regardless of his dominant narrative voice. Works Cited García Márquez, Gabriel. Chronicle of a death foretold. Trans. Gregorio Rabassa. 1983. New York: Vintage International, 2003. Print.