Deconstructing Macbeth: The Hyperontological ViewMacbeth is discussed in relation to Derrida's notion of the metaphysics of presence. Fawkner argues that the quest for metaphysical certitude in Macbeth is related to the hero's transformation from a heroic to a post-heroic status. |
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... Lady Macbeth , Lady Macduff can represent the family principle in a pure way , and Shakespeare centers this difference between the two women by calling attention to the childlessness of Lady Macbeth . In fact this very childlessness in the ...
... Lady Macbeth , Lady Macduff can represent the family principle in a pure way , and Shakespeare centers this difference between the two women by calling attention to the childlessness of Lady Macbeth . In fact this very childlessness in the ...
Page 143
... Lady Macbeth . Curiously , Lady Macbeth comes to be all - powerful toward Macbeth , and this notion . clashes with the image of Macbeth given to us in the opening scenes . There , as magnificent fighter , he himself was all - power- ful .
... Lady Macbeth . Curiously , Lady Macbeth comes to be all - powerful toward Macbeth , and this notion . clashes with the image of Macbeth given to us in the opening scenes . There , as magnificent fighter , he himself was all - power- ful .
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... Lady Macbeth seems to be a function of the very humanization of her character that Rosenberg calls attention to elsewhere . As modern culture appro- priated Lady Macbeth , she gradually became human : a soft , secretly tender woman . In ...
... Lady Macbeth seems to be a function of the very humanization of her character that Rosenberg calls attention to elsewhere . As modern culture appro- priated Lady Macbeth , she gradually became human : a soft , secretly tender woman . In ...
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