Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice

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Autor(a) principal: Ludwig, Carlos Roberto
Data de Publicação: 2022
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: REVELL : Revista de Estudos Literários da UEMS
Texto Completo: https://periodicosonline.uems.br/index.php/REV/article/view/6942
Resumo: This article discusses the ambiguous representation of the merchant Antonio in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Antonio’s relationship to his father figure is projected through the hatred and sadness in Shylock’s figure. However, Antonio's father figure is completely absent in the play. Thus, his inexplicable anger towards Shylock may reveal primitive feelings towards his father figure. His masochistic desire and fear of castration, which can potentially be fulfilled by Shylock, increase his anxiety to his father figure. He accepts the idea of castration and imagines himself a castrated ram. However, the cause of such anxiety is constantly denied by Antonio, but projected into the play’s texture in verbal slips and contradictions. Thus, the other characters are depicted as Antonio’s correlate figures, mirroring similar feelings felt by him.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice
Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice
title Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice
spellingShingle Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice
Ludwig, Carlos Roberto
Interioridade; Forclusão; Mercador de Veneza
Inwardness
Foreclosure
Literature
title_short Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice
title_full Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice
title_fullStr Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice
title_full_unstemmed Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice
title_sort Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice
author Ludwig, Carlos Roberto
author_facet Ludwig, Carlos Roberto
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ludwig, Carlos Roberto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Interioridade; Forclusão; Mercador de Veneza
Inwardness
Foreclosure
Literature
topic Interioridade; Forclusão; Mercador de Veneza
Inwardness
Foreclosure
Literature
description This article discusses the ambiguous representation of the merchant Antonio in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Antonio’s relationship to his father figure is projected through the hatred and sadness in Shylock’s figure. However, Antonio's father figure is completely absent in the play. Thus, his inexplicable anger towards Shylock may reveal primitive feelings towards his father figure. His masochistic desire and fear of castration, which can potentially be fulfilled by Shylock, increase his anxiety to his father figure. He accepts the idea of castration and imagines himself a castrated ram. However, the cause of such anxiety is constantly denied by Antonio, but projected into the play’s texture in verbal slips and contradictions. Thus, the other characters are depicted as Antonio’s correlate figures, mirroring similar feelings felt by him.
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