Dom Casmurro (1899), perhaps Brazil’s most celebrated novel,...

Dom Casmurro (1899), perhaps Brazil’s most celebrated novel, has acquired in the century since its publication what must be the longest critical bibliography devoted to any single work of Brazilian fiction. Part of its attraction no doubt lies in the enigma concerning possible adultery and betrayal that many critics have found in its pages. In the distinct stages the interpretation of the novel has gone through, betrayal has been the key issue of debate.

Disponível em: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-companion-to-the-latin-american-novel/dom-casmurroby-machado-de assis/DCF5DB08148E84AC332C707F173C74D4). Acesso em: 02 jul. 2024.

It is noted that Bentinho silences the character of Capitu from the first to the last page, leaving the reader in a position of passivity in front of his story. Soon, the signs of betrayal described with contempt by Bentinho cannot be considered, since they are all drawings of his mind that at times showed signs of psychic disturbance. The narrator, represented by attitudes of jealousy, exaggerates in all the described occasions. Bentinho, already Casmurro, aims to understand the events that took place between his life and that of Capitu.

Disponível em: https://amadeusjournal.emnuvens.com.br/amadeus/article/download/61/130/287. Acesso em: 02 jul. 2024 (adaptado).

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