Suicídio em As Horas: um mergulho e um voo libertário, através de Bachelard

Abstract

The film The Hours (Stephen Daldry), based on the novel of the same title by Michael Cunningham, shows a modern adaptation of artistic creation in which, besides the text-image fidelity, the director implements a different language to that effect. The aim of this research is to analyze the movie The Hours, focused on the characters' suicides Virginia Woolf and Richard; these suicides that enable a poetic reading. As part of this poetic reading process, it was necessary to outline the reasons why the characters put an end in their own lives: inadequacy, sadness, sickness and feelings of unaccomplishments. Thus, the present work proposes to read the suicide not just as a tragic act, but as an escape from a tormented life through a libertarian plunge or flight.