In normal society, people expect adults to know what is right and wrong, but the can trick the mind. According to Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic principles, one’s conscious is the ego that “experiences the external world through the sense, plays referee between the id and superego” (Tyson 25). The id pertains to one’s deep desires that society forbids and the idea of lacking fear of consequences, whereas the superego is the moral rules taught by society and family. In Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis’s
In “The Fortune Teller,” a strange letter trembles the heart of the story’s protagonist, Camillo as he to understand the tone and meaning. The author, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, attempts to make the reader believe that the letter is very ambiguous. This devious letter is a symbol of Camillo’s inability to realize that the treacherous deeds he has committed in the dark have finally come to light. This letter will ultimately change his life forever something he never expected. Not thinking of
Machado de Assis' "The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas" provides an excellent reflection on societal attitudes towards manual labor in 19th-century Brazil. Through the life of its protagonist, Brás Cubas, the novel offers insights into the complex interplay between social status, productivity, and the disdain for physical work prevalent among the Brazilian elite. By analyzing key passages and finding context within the historical framework of Brazil's transition from colonialism to modernity, we