Abstract
This paper establishes a comparativist relationship between the short story "The Fortuneteller", by Machado de Assis, and the tragedy, Hamlet, by Shakespeare, using it for some concepts of classical poetics, of gender and style theory. Thus, we observe how certain structural and thematic elements present in the Shakespearian drama take on a new dimension in the story by Machado that besides performing a dialogue with Shakespearean tragedy, revives several aesthetic and ideological issues.
tragedy; comedy; inversion