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Comparing Encanto with Macondo
Encanto is like One Hundred Years of Solitude without the incest and killing. I think about their similarities very much and I want to list down what I've noticed.
Theme/Tropes/Motifs
- Colombia.
- Isolated town tying its prosperity to one family's lineage.
- A matriarch overseeing the family.
- A fortune teller prophesies the the demise of the family.
- A curious family member trying to decode the prophecy.
- Character that left/died/disappeared but never leaves
- Visions in Encanto are crystal-like, while Macondo is a city of mirrors.
- Madrigal family losing magic, Macondo people had insomnia. Both recovered after the prophet returns.
- One man two sisters drama.
- An animal master/breeder.
- A "Perfect girl".
- Rain.
- Yellow butterflies.
- Gold fish.
- Magical Realism in general.
Mapping characters
- Abuela: Úrsula Iguarán, Julieta
- Bruno: Melquíades, Aureliano Babilonia, José Arcadio Segundo, and the Aurelino features
- Mirabel: Aureliano Babilonia
- Isabela: Remedios the Beauty
- Dolores: Amaranta, Rebecca
- Luisa: The José Arcadio features, and maybe a little of Santa Sofia de la Piedad?
- Camilo: José Arcadio Segundo and Aureliano Segundo like to pretend to be each other and trick people
- Antonio: Aureliano Segundo
- The rats performed an aunt/nephew drama which is a motif in OHYOS
I wonder how many of these tropes/motifs are unique to Encanto and OHYOS, or are common literary devices used in Columbian stories?