%0 Journal Article %T Representa£¿£¿o, retrato e drama %A Araujo %A Cicero %J Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Pol¨ªtica %D 2006 %I Centro de Estudos de Cultura Contempor?nea, CEDEC %R 10.1590/S0102-64452006000200008 %X the article elaborates on two artistic metaphors to search for contrasting modes of thinking on political representation. the metaphors suggest two very distinctive ideals of the good political order - despite a certain trend of the traditional political lexicon to mix them up - and make their own impacts on what to expect from the authorities£¿ practices of representation. %K portrait and drama %K representation %K the sovereign state %K mixed constitution. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-64452006000200008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en