The significance of the “angel” Identify five words or phrases Marquez uses to describe the angel and comment on why you think Marquez is portraying the “angel” in this way. Try to think beyond the obvious. If the angel is described as bald, you could say this suggests he is old, but try to think more deeply. You could say, for instance, that a bald angel is a more human angel, that Marquez is blurring the lines between the natural and supernatural, that he literally and figuratively brings an angel down to earth available to our senses, creating a strange ambiguity. ‘For what purpose?” would be the next question. Action, description, remark about the “angel” What this suggest about the “angel”