“As rosas de Quincas Borba”: uma análise das relações amorosas do romance de Machado de Assis

Abstract

Machado de Assis works reveal the interests which are hidden in interpersonal relationships and analyse the psychological profile of the characters that cause simultaneously the feeling of pleasing and repulsing through the using of their verbal strategy. The main aim of this study consists in analyzing the significance of the most relevant characteristics of the characters that consists the whole love life presented in the novel, which is the scope of this study, through an innovative approach that is represented by a symbolism similar to the book “Rosa dos Ventos”. In this sense, the characters who allow the narrator to lead the plot by serenity and comically ways is the couple (Cristiano Palha and Sofia) and Carlos Maria and Rubião, who are emphasized and adapted to a new interpretation through “Rosas de Quinca Borba”. This study correlated the characters peculiarities with the peculiarities of the main cardinal points, resulting in contemporary and interdisciplinary analyses about this remarkable novel of the nineteenth century Brazilian society.