All 4 Uses of
obstinate
in
One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Ursula gave in, as always, to her husband's unyielding obstinacy.†
Chpt 1 *obstinacy = the trait of being stubborn in not doing what others want
- Ursula admitted him grudgingly, conquered once more by the obstinacy of her husband, who could not tolerate the idea that an offshoot of his blood should be adrift, but he imposed the condition that the child should never know his true identity.†
Chpt 3
- One August afternoon, overcome by the unbearable weight of her own obstinacy, Amaranta locked herself in her bedroom to weep over her solitude unto death after giving her final answer to her tenacious suitor: "Let's forget about each other forever," she told him.†
Chpt 9
- He offered him his friendship, invited him to bathe in champagne, tried to make him understand that the females of his family had insides made of flint, but he could not weaken his obstinacy.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
stubbornly not doing what others want