Dom Casmurro 145.7 · 145.7

Reconhecimento de Escobar

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Trajava à moderna, naturalmente, e as maneiras eram diferentes, mas o aspecto geral reproduzia a pessoa morta. Era o próprio, o exato, o verdadeiro Escobar. Era o meu comborço; era o filho de seu pai.

He dressed in the modern style, naturally, and the manners were different, but the general aspect reproduced the dead person. It was the very, the exact, the true Escobar. It was my brother-in-law; it was the son of his father.

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The narrator describes how someone's appearance and mannerisms perfectly reproduce a deceased person, Escobar.

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The narrator recognizes that despite superficial differences in dress and manners, the overall appearance perfectly matches the deceased Escobar, emphasizing his identity as both the narrator's brother-in-law and his father's son.

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