A MULHER COMO ANJO E MONSTRO: REPRESENTAÇÕES DO FEMININO EM THE TURN OF THE SCREW E DOM CASMURRO

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article intends to investigate how the feminine representations are built up in the novels Dom Casmurro and The Turn of the Screw, whose starting points are the characters Capitu and the governess, respectively. Both characters refer to a social construction that is related to the distinction between masculine/feminine, which includes the woman in an inferior position and projects a negative image of these women - adulterous and insane. We are interested in these stereotypes of women that are built from established myths and are incorporated into gender showing a character of naturalness.