Who Is Bayardo In Chronicle Of A Death Foretold

Characters in a book are similar to real people, in the sense they change and develop through time. In chapter two of Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, the character Bayardo San Román was introduced and his character was developed into an attractive yet manipulative man looking for a bride. The book has the habit of introducing new main characters each chapter, there are a few overall main characters which reappear, but each chapter is usually focused on a new character and their part in the crime. Bayardo was thought to be enchanting to some, while others said he reminded them “of the devil” (Márquez, 28). Moreover, Bayardo was an eligible bachelor with deep pockets, any person's dream man. In the song “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” by Eurythmics, there are many lines which relate to Bayardo’s character..

Yet he was not everyone’s dream man, especially Angela Vicario’s. After seeing her for the first time, he had his landlady remind him he was “‘going to marry her’” (Márquez, 29). He had been “‘going from town to town looking for someone to marry’” (Márquez, 26), proving “Everybody's looking for something” (Eurythmics, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”). Bayardo was looking for a wife, and he found her in Angela. Contrastingly, she did not want to marry him and he did not try to court her at all, instead “he bewitched the family with his charm” (Márquez, 34). After all, Bayardo was the son of a civil war hero, “Who am [she] to disagree?” (Eurythmics, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”). The Vicario’s were not wealthy and everyone knew “Bayardo San Román was going to marry whomever he chose” (Márquez, 34). Angela’s lack of choice is clearly shown, which changed Bayardo’s once charming appearance into one of a man who took what he