Female profiles in the novel The Apple in the Dark, by Clarice Lispector

Abstract

This article proposes an analysis of the female figures in Clarice Lispector's novel A maçã no escuro (published in English as The aplle in the dark). This analysis seeks to make explicit the way in which the female characters relate to the protagonist Martim, bringing to light structures that are socially known as female "places", typical forms of expression and domination of women, as well as the exit glimpsed by the outcome of the text for such situation.