At the other side of the mirror

This paper tries to discuss how Poe and Machado make the notion of reality into a problematic one by transforming it into a relm of paradox and contradiction. By means of the figure of the double, both short story writers create enigmatic narrators, thus questioning the relationship between these narrators and their reading publicPoe e Machado problematizam a noção de real, ao transformá-lo num espaço de paradoxo e contradição. Através da figura do duplo, ambos os contistas criam narradores enigmáticos, colocando em questão as relações entre esses narradores e o público leito