Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-08-17T14:30:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 mariacristinagomesbarbosadelima.pdf: 2278865 bytes, checksum: 3f4d819fb9bfa08c4402ef6fdc2ab737 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-08-24T11:40:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 mariacristinagomesbarbosadelima.pdf: 2278865 bytes, checksum: 3f4d819fb9bfa08c4402ef6fdc2ab737 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-24T11:40:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mariacristinagomesbarbosadelima.pdf: 2278865 bytes, checksum: 3f4d819fb9bfa08c4402ef6fdc2ab737 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-03 / As obras de Machado de Assis revelam os interesses que estão ocultos nas relações interpessoais e analisa o perfil psicológico dos personagens ocasionando, simultaneamente, o sentimento de contentamento e de repulsa através do sua estratégia verbal. O objetivo principal desse estudo consiste na análise de significado das características mais relevantes dos personagens que compõem o jogo amoroso apresentado no romance, escopo desse estudo, através de uma abordagem inovadora, representada por uma simbologia proveniente de sua semelhança à Rosa dos Ventos. Nesse sentido, os personagens que permitiram ao narrador conduzir o enredo com serenidade e comicidade, casal Palha (formado por Cristiano Palha e Sofia), Carlos Maria e Rubião, foram explorados e adaptados a uma nova interpretação através das “Rosas de Quincas Borba”. Esse estudo correlacionou as peculiaridades dos personagens da obra com as particularidades dos principais pontos cardeais, resultando numa análise contemporânea e interdisciplinar sobre esse apreciável romance acerca da sociedade brasileira do século XIX. / Machado de Assis works reveal the interests which are hidden in interpersonal relationships and analyse the psychological profile of the characters that cause simultaneously the feeling of pleasing and repulsing through the using of their verbal strategy. The main aim of this study consists in analyzing the significance of the most relevant characteristics of the characters that consists the whole love life presented in the novel, which is the scope of this study, through an innovative approach that is represented by a symbolism similar to the book “Rosa dos Ventos”. In this sense, the characters who allow the narrator to lead the plot by serenity and comically ways is the couple (Cristiano Palha and Sofia) and Carlos Maria and Rubião, who are emphasized and adapted to a new interpretation through “Rosas de Quinca Borba”. This study correlated the characters peculiarities with the peculiarities of the main cardinal points, resulting in contemporary and interdisciplinary analyses about this remarkable novel of the nineteenth century Brazilian society.