Characterization, Symbolism, and Repetition in Hundred Years of Solitud

Characterization, Symbolism, and Repetition in wholeness light speed Years of Solitude The name of spirits often suggest something about their personalities, all straightforwardly or ironically. Garcia Marquezs One Hundred Years of Solitude, Prudencio Aguilar is incomplete prudent nor eagle-like (aguila means eagle in Spanish). Repetition of names and behaviors is some other technique of characterization. Certain character types, e.g., the contemplative, stubborn man, or the impetuous, forceful man, the diligent and nurturing woman, and so on, are represented by more than one single in the several generations of the Buendia family. All the Jose Arcadios, for example, are assumed to have at least some of the traits of the original Jose Arcadio Buendia (impetuous and forceful), and all the Aurelianos have something in third estate with Colonel Aureliano Buendia (tendency toward solitude and contemplation). The repetitions are not exact, but the use of similar names is one wa y to suggest more about a character than is actually said. There are also repetitions of particular behaviors, for example, secluding oneself in a room for experiments or study.Some characters have characteristic signs to identify them. Examples allow Pilar Terneras laugh, Colonel Aureliano Buendias solitary look, Aureliano Segundos extravagance, Fernandas continual muttering, and so on. Physical descriptions are utilize sparingly, letting the reader fill in the details beyond such(prenominal) generalities as skinny or fat, beautiful, huge. An exception is made for Colonel Aureliano Buendia, who seems to be haggard from an especially clear mental image of the authors, as though copied from a photograph. Some of the more spectacular individuals are ... ...wears away the axle, until the whole system, including twain the constant attempts to renew Macondo and the reproduction of the Buendia clan, breaks down. Works Cited Bell-Villada, Gene H. Garcia Marquez The Man and His Work. chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press, 1990. Griffin, Clive. The Humour of One Hundred Years of Solitude. In McGuirk and Cardwell, 81-94. James, Regina. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Revolutions in Wonderland. Columbia University of Missouri Press, 1981. McGuirk, Bernard and Richard Cardwell, edd. Gabriel Garcia Marquez New Readings. Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1987). Williams, Raymond L. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Boston Twayne, 1984. Wood, Michael. Review of One Hundred Years of Solitude. In Critical Essays on Gabriel Garcia Marquez. McMurray, George R., ed. Boston G. K. Hall, 1987.