Adeus ao “Sonho Americano”: drama e tragédia em Revolutionary Road

Abstract

The 50’s were the setting for many social changes in the post-war United States, among them, the emergence of a new suburban middle class, guided by traditional family values which invest the man's role as provider and the woman as a housewife, representing the American way of life led by the ideology of the "American dream." It is in this context that the "tragic narrative" Revolutionary Road takes place, written by Richard Yates and the subject of this research. From the contextualization of the historical period, political and social environment of this work, in the light of theories about mixing genres, drama and tragedy, one analyzes Frank and April Wheeler’s dramatic trajectory, the main characters of the plot, towards their tragic fate.