The House of the Spirits Reread the background note for Uncle-Marcos, then explain how the story draws on a pattern of events in the Greek myth of Icarus-and Daedalus.

In the myth, Daedalus invents a pair of wings and teaches his son how to use them, but warns him not to fly too close to the sun because the wax in the wings would melt. Icarus is too excited to listen, and he drowns in the ocean after his wings melt. Uncle Marcos is full of vanity and self-glorification. He will do anything to achieve this including playing with people's lives.