I'm confused about some things:
Amaranta dies as a virgin: having gone through a series of rejections - firstly Peitro Crespi followed by Colonel Gerineldo Marquez. During those times, she tried to substitute her missed loves with her nephew, Aureliano Jose and small Jose Arcadio later on. My understanding is that Amaranta's fate changed ever since rejection of Peitro Crespi, as she was doomed into long-lasting solitude. Deep inside her love for Peitro Crespi was great but she failed to make it come true. The book also states: 'At times it pained her to have let that outpouring of misery follow its course, and at times it made her so angry that she would prick her fingers with the needles, but what pained her most and enraged her most and made her most bitter was the fragrant and wormy guava grove of love that was dragging her toward death. Just as Colonel Aureliano Buendia thought about his war, unable to avoid it, so Amaranta thought about Rebeca.' My question is, did Amaranta really love Rebecca? Because if she did then it contradicts with the fact that she wished death upon Rebecca.