Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice

Autores/as

  • Carlos Roberto Ludwig Universidade Federal do Tocantins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61389/revell.v1i31.6942

Palabras clave:

Interioridade; Forclusão; Mercador de Veneza

Resumen

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.

Biografía del autor/a

Carlos Roberto Ludwig, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Doutor em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – Brasil. Realiza estágio pós-doutoral na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – Brasil, com bolsa CAPES. Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal do Tocantins – Brasil. E-mail: carlosletras@uft.edu.br

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2022-08-23

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LUDWIG, Carlos Roberto. Antonio’s Inwardness and Foreclosure in The Merchant of Venice. REVELL - REVISTA DE ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS DA UEMS, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 31, p. 160–186, 2022. DOI: 10.61389/revell.v1i31.6942. Disponível em: https://periodicosonline.uems.br/REV/article/view/6942. Acesso em: 9 jul. 2025.

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Vol. 1 Núm. 31 (2022): Leituras e Releituras da violência nas Literaturas de Língua Francesa

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