The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete — Page 9
In the second of these, we saw Smollett beginning to understand the use of incident to indicate consistent development of character.
No segundo destes, vimos Smollett começando a compreender o uso do incidente para indicar o desenvolvimento consistente do caráter.
In Count Fathom, he seems fully to understand this principle of art, though he has not learned to apply it successfully.
Em Count Fathom, ele parece compreender plenamente este princípio da arte, embora não tenha aprendido a aplicá-lo com sucesso.
And so, in spite of an excellent conception, Fathom, as I have said, is unreal.
E assim, apesar de uma excelente concepção, Fathom, como eu disse, é irreal.
After all his villainies, which he perpetrates without any apparent qualms of conscience, it is incredible that he should honestly repent of his crimes.
Após todas as suas vilanias, que ele perpetra sem quaisquer escrúpulos aparentes de consciência, é incrível que ele deva honestamente se arrepender de seus crimes.
We are much inclined to doubt when we read that "his vice and ambition was now quite mortified within him," the subsequent testimony of Matthew Bramble, Esq., in Humphry Clinker, to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Somos muito inclinados a duvidar quando lemos que "seu vício e ambição estavam agora completamente mortificados dentro dele", o testemunho subsequente de Matthew Bramble, Esq., em Humphry Clinker, ao contrário, não obstante.
Yet Fathom up to this point is consistently drawn, and drawn for a purpose:—to show that cold-blooded roguery, though successful for a while, will come to grief in the end.
No entanto, Fathom até este ponto é consistentemente desenhado, e desenhado com um propósito: mostrar que a malandragem de sangue frio, embora bem-sucedida por um tempo, chegará à desgraça no final.
To heighten the effect of his scoundrel, Smollett develops parallel with him the virtuous Count de Melvil.
Para intensificar o efeito de seu patife, Smollett desenvolve paralelamente a ele o virtuoso Conde de Melvil.
The author's scheme of thus using one character as the foil of another, though not conspicuous for its originality, shows a decided advance in the theory of constructive technique.
O esquema do autor de usar assim um personagem como contraponto de outro, embora não seja notável pela sua originalidade, mostra um avanço decisivo na teoria da técnica construtiva.
Only, as I have said, Smollett's execution is now defective.
Só que, como eu disse, a execução de Smollett é agora deficiente.
"But," one will naturally ask, "if Fathom lacks the amusing, and not infrequently stimulating, hurly-burly of Smollett's former novels; if its characters, though well-conceived, are seldom divertingly fantastic and never thoroughly animate; what makes the book interesting?
"Mas", alguém naturalmente perguntará, "se Fathom carece da divertida, e não raramente estimulante, agitação dos antigos romances de Smollett; se seus personagens, embora bem concebidos, raramente são de forma divertida fantásticos e nunca completamente animados; o que torna o livro interessante?
Vocabulary
- No
- No; not (negation particle)
- segundo
- According to; second (ordinal number)
- destes
- Of these; from these (demonstrative pronoun)
- vimos
- We saw (past tense of ver)
- começando
- Beginning; starting (present participle)
- compreender
- To understand; to comprehend
- uso
- Use; usage; custom or habit
- do
- Of the; from the (contraction)
- incidente
- Incident; event or occurrence
- para
- For; to; in order to
- indicar
- To indicate; to point out
- desenvolvimento
- Development; growth or progress
- consistente
- Consistent; in agreement or harmony
- caráter
- Character; personality or nature
- Em
- In; at; on (preposition)
- ele
- He; him (masculine pronoun)
- parece
- Seems; appears (third person singular)
- plenamente
- Fully; completely or entirely
- este
- This; this one (demonstrative)
- princípio
- Principle; beginning or start
- da
- Of the; from the (feminine)
- arte
- Art; craft or skill
- embora
- Although; even though; though
- não
- No; not (negation)
- tenha
- Have (subjunctive mood of ter)
- aprendido
- Learned; past participle of aprender
- aplicá-lo
- To apply it (apply with pronoun)
- com
- With; accompanied by
- sucesso
- Success; favorable outcome or result
- assim
- Thus; so; in this way
- apesar
- Despite; in spite of
- de
- Of; from; about (preposition)
- uma
- A; an (feminine indefinite article)
- excelente
- Excellent; of superior quality
- concepção
- Conception; idea or understanding
- como
- How; as; like (conjunction)
- eu
- I (first person pronoun)
- disse
- Said; spoke (past tense)
- irreal
- Unreal; not real or imaginary
- Após
- After; following in time
- todas
- All; every (feminine plural)
- as
- The; those (feminine plural)
- suas
- His; her; their (feminine)
- vilanias
- Villanies; base or wicked acts
- que
- That; which; what (relative)
- perpetra
- Perpetrates; commits or performs
- sem
- Without; lacking or deprived of
- quaisquer
- Any; whatever (indefinite pronoun)
- escrúpulos
- Scruples; moral doubts or hesitation
- aparentes
- Apparent; seeming or visible
- consciência
- Conscience; moral sense or awareness
- incrível
- Incredible; unbelievable or amazing
- deva
- May; should (subjunctive of dever)
- honestamente
- Honestly; in honest or truthful way
- se
- If; oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- arrepender
- To repent; to feel regret
- seus
- His; hers; theirs (masculine)
- crimes
- Crimes; serious offenses or felonies
- Somos
- We are (present of ser)
- muito
- Very; much; a lot
- inclinados
- Inclined; leaning or tending toward
- duvidar
- To doubt; to question or distrust
- quando
- When; at what time
- lemos
- We read (present of ler)
- seu
- Your; his; hers (masculine)
- vício
- Vice; immoral habit or conduct
- ambição
- Ambition; eager desire for success
- estavam
- Were (imperfect of estar)
- agora
- Now; at the present time
- completamente
- Completely; entirely or altogether
- mortificados
- Mortified; humiliated or subdued
- dentro
- Inside; within or interior
- dele
- His; of him (masculine)
- testemunho
- Testimony; evidence or witness account
- subsequente
- Subsequent; following or later
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