LANCELOT AND SHYLOCK: CONSCIENCE AND ANXIETY REGARDING THE PATERNAL FIGURE
This article analyzes Lancelot's comic deliberation about leaving his master Shylock, in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Lancelot's relationship with his father Gobbo and Shylock is ambiguous, as he feels anxiety about leaving Shylock's home, but feels no anxiety about dece...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT) |
| Repositorio: | EntreLetras |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.ufnt.acessoacademico.com.br:article/14139 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufnt.edu.br/index.php/entreletras/article/view/14139 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | interioridade consciência ansiedade O mercador de Veneza Inwardness Conscience Anxiety The merchant of Venice |
| Sumario: | This article analyzes Lancelot's comic deliberation about leaving his master Shylock, in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Lancelot's relationship with his father Gobbo and Shylock is ambiguous, as he feels anxiety about leaving Shylock's home, but feels no anxiety about deceiving his father. Analysis suggests that he reverses the role of the father figure, taking Shylock rather than Gobbo as the father figure representation. Likewise, there are other characters in the play who project onto Shylock the representation of the father figure, mirroring anger, resentment, fear and anxiety. |
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