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Gabriel García MárquezIn the short story, "One Of These Days," a dentist, Aurelio Escovar, treats a mayor for an infected tooth. At first, however, the dentist refuses to see the mayor and tries to pretend that he is...
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Gabriel García MárquezGabriel Garcia Marquez's "One of These Days" and Jorge Luis Borges's "Emma Zunz" are short stories that deal with revenge and justice. In Marquez's story, the main character is a dentist who...
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Gabriel García MárquezIn "One of These Days" by Gabriel García Márquez, a poor, unlicensed dentist by the name of Aurelio Escovar is called upon by the local mayor to extract a painful infected tooth. At first, he's...
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Gabriel García MárquezIt is ironic that despite his power, the Mayor yields to Aurelio Escovar’s power and authority over him during the removal of the Mayor's tooth. Throughout the play, there is an apparent power...
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Gabriel García MárquezIn Gabriel García Márquez’s short story “One of These Days,” the protagonist Aurelio Escovar first appears to be a flat and undeveloped character; through the course of his actions, however, he is...
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Gabriel García MárquezRevenge, power, and corruption are three main themes in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s "One of These Days." Garcia Marquez conveys the theme of revenge by having the dentist Aurelio Escovar insist on...
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Gabriel García MárquezA metaphor is a direct comparison, when you compare something to something else by saying it IS that something. For example, Eva is not literally inside her cat. It’s a metaphor. Specific...
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Gabriel García Márquez"One Of These Days" is a short story about power and revenge. The two principal characters are the dentist Aurelio Escovar and the Mayor. The Mayor insists on seeing the dentist because he needs a...
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Gabriel García Márquez"Death Constant Beyond Love", or "Muerte Constante Mas Alla del Amor" (1970) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a brilliant example of Romantic or Realistic literature. The elements of Romantic...
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Gabriel García MárquezLa primera instancia de ironía en el cuento "La Viuda de Montiel" ocurre al principio cuando Márquez describe el semblante del cadaver de José (Chepe) Montiel expuesto en capilla ardiente. La...
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Gabriel García MárquezYour argument regarding the three reasons why la viuda led a lonely and sheltered life goes hand in hand with the story "La Viuda de Montiel", especially towards the paragraph that reads: Aquella...
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Gabriel García MárquezThe moral values in the story are best seen in the townspeople's reactions to something so unique, different, exotic, and strange as this man washing up ashore, dead, and who looked so strikingly....
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Gabriel García MárquezThe mayor's response tells you a lot about the authority he holds. If the dentist sends the bill to the town, the town will pay for it. If the dentist sends the bill to the mayor, apparently the...
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Gabriel García MárquezIrony is defined as the narrator's choice to use language to juxtapose what is said to what it is intended to be said. This form of figurative language can manifest in epigrams, paradoxes, and...
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Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez was a Nobel Prize–winning novelist who began his writing career as a journalist. He is most well known for his novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, which centers on the...
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Gabriel García MárquezWhen Pelayo and his wife, Elisenda, first see the old man, he appears to them in the following way: "He was dressed like a ragpicker. There were only a few faded hairs left on his bald skull...