->Fernanda closes the open doors of the Buendia households & halts Ursula’s candy shop production; Ursula’s matriarch power is being compromised because Fernanda takes advantage of every moment where Ursula shows her true age and fragility. Because Fernanda poses such a threat to the loving matriarch, it is instinctual to DISLIKE Fernanda and regards her as a force that counteracts the ultimate nature.
“As long as Ursula had full use of her faculties some of the old customs survived and the life of her family kept some quality of her impulsiveness, but when she lost her sight and the weight of her years relegated her to a corner, the circle of rigidity, begun by Fernanda from the moment she arrived finally closed completely and no one but she determined the destiny of the family,”(p. 211).
è In conclusion, I feel that the “circle of rigidity” being imposed by Fernanda could represent the industrialization and man-made ideologies of society that are imposed on nature. Nature is represented by the original “Eden” that was Macondo, until it was infiltrated by external forces and ideologies that tried to impose structure, futile causes like war, material goods, and technology upon the innocent, pure, natural Eden of Macondo.
è Furthermore, the “circle of rigidity” is an interesting image because, the Buendia family is incestuous and circularly shaped, as one family member pursues the other in a rigid circle. This introverted family is stuck, destined for ruin, unable to escape the rigid circle of nature & destiny. All of these images and ideals tie in with one another.
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