Pablo+Vicario

PABLO VICARIO

Role: Pablo was one of the killers of Santiago Nasar. He teamed up with his younger brother, Pedro, in order to protect the honor of his younger sister who claimed to have lost her virginity to Nasar. Although Pablo is the older of the two, he did not serve in the military like Pedro had, and so in a way he is the less masculine of the two. It was he, however, who decided after the mayor disarmed them to persist in the murder and persuaded Pedro to go bak and rearm themselves. Pablo and his brother were also extremely drunk at the time and had only found out about the situation hours earlier, so he is not an evil character, but one who made rash and alcohol-influenced decisions, along with the cultural influence of protecting honor at any cost.

Name Meaning: Pablo in Spanish means "small", and Vicario means Vicar, so there are religious connotations to the name as well as the irony in being the "small" older brother.