Matilda's school itself is a symbol in this novel. This is the first time she recognizes the extent to which her extraordinary abilities can stretch, and it marks the beginning of her path to bettering not only her own life, but those of Miss Honey and the other children at Crunchem Hall as well. The glass of water seated on the teacher desk becomes representative of Matilda's mental powers, because it is the very first object she uses it on. These are objects that mark their small successes, the ways that they are able to beat her even though she is stronger and more powerful than them. The Cake and The Newt (symbol)īoth the chocolate cake that Bruce eats and the newt that Lavender puts into Miss Trunchbull's water symbolize the resistance of the children to their horrible Headmistress. Books are incredibly important objects in Matilda, fitting with the theme that relates literacy to intelligence, good judgment, and kindness. When her neglectful family and their obsession with television become too much to bear, she can bury herself in a story in order to soar far away from them in her mind. Throughout the novel, books serve as a symbol of Matilda's ability to escape from the trials of her daily life.
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O poema é já uma síntese da filosofia epicurista, e a sua força reside precisamente nos notáveis exemplos usados por Lucrécio para demonstrar argumentativamente a veracidade das premissas de Epicuro. Quanto ao texto de Lucrécio, tentar resumi-lo é tarefa ingrata. Nesse sentido, vale a pena o duplo esforço que a ela tem de se devotar. Lê-la, portanto, tem a dupla dificuldade de ser uma tradução lírica e de estar numa escrita que já não nos é familiar (exemplos ao acaso, já que todas as páginas estão deles repletas: lettras, communs, ceo, immensos, fructos, systemas, sciencia, difficil, contal-os, etc.) Ainda assim, e não obstante estas dificuldades, esta versão, quando comparada com outras mais recentes (a de Agostinho da Silva e a de Luís Manuel Gaspar Cerqueira), parece-nos mais viva, mais natural e, por isso mesmo, mais tocante. O texto encontra-se disponível numa digitalização providenciada pela Google Books e que está no português de então. Todavia, justiça seja feita à tradução que António José da Silva Leitão fez e que, tanto quanto é possível na traição que é traduzir, mantém não só a lírica (a possível), mas também a força de um texto que quer ser muito mais do que um mero poema.Ī presente edição foi publicada em 1851. Numa obra lírica, a tradução o mais que pode é conseguir dar, talvez, um aroma daquilo que o original canta. Ler Lucrécio numa tradução é aceitar, à partida, o muito que se assim se perde. But soon she’s falling for him all over again. Tess knows her father has other plans for her, and they don’t include Curran. She just never expected temptation to look so damn hot in uniform. Now that she’s interning on a major case against a ruthless crime boss, she won’t jeopardize her career by giving in to temptation again. She has survived law school so far, despite being pushed to succeed by her overbearing father. How could she not? 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