UFRGS Vestibular Practice Questions - Concurso Vestibular Da Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul Exam

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In Clarice Lispector's novel 'A Hora da Estrela' (1977), what constitutes the fundamental existential and social tragedy of the protagonist Macabéa?

Her complete, innocent unawareness of her own extreme alienation, poverty, and misery in the hostile metropolis of Rio de Janeiro, narrated ironically by the self-conscious writer Rodrigo S.M. Her imprisonment for treason during the Paraguayan War. Her loss of a massive royal fortune in European casinos. Her failure to become an Olympic swimmer.

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Her complete, innocent unawareness of her own extreme alienation, poverty, and misery in the hostile metropolis of Rio de Janeiro, narrated ironically by the self-conscious writer Rodrigo S.M.

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