Marquez and Allende's Intentions

Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabelle Allende both create an alternate universe where magical elements exist. Their intentions of creating this factor in the novel is to deepen the readers connection into their books. Chronicle of a Death Foretold uses magical realism elements as a way to connect the reader on an emotional level that one could never have without the use of these elements. For example, the widower who owned the house that Bayardo San Roman was buying, ended up dying after he won the house from him. It was specified that he died of a broken heart, when in reality, people never physically "die" of a broken heart. Although it was a subtle use of a magical realism element, it still connected the reader to Marquez's storyline. In The House of The Spirits, Allende uses more obvious elements of magic such as Clara's ability to see into the future, which is an element of foreshadowing. Allende uses this element especially to connect the reader further into her novel, like Marquez.