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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Page 34
... fights for " Scotland , " is fighting for something that is transcendentally absolute : and it is this heroic faith in the meaning of this transcendentality that makes Mac- beth absolutely careless about his own empirical status in and ...
... fights for " Scotland , " is fighting for something that is transcendentally absolute : and it is this heroic faith in the meaning of this transcendentality that makes Mac- beth absolutely careless about his own empirical status in and ...
Page 68
... fighting - precisely the world Shakespeare carefully delineates in act 1 . Generally speaking , this notion that Macbeth always conceives dialectically established truth as a source of possible reassurance is useful for the ...
... fighting - precisely the world Shakespeare carefully delineates in act 1 . Generally speaking , this notion that Macbeth always conceives dialectically established truth as a source of possible reassurance is useful for the ...
Page 174
... fighting masters disap- pear ( as the realm and horizon of their deathward desire ) is the most visible thing in the world . Nothing could be more visible than Macbeth's fighting in act 1 , because glory is nothing but recognition , and ...
... fighting masters disap- pear ( as the realm and horizon of their deathward desire ) is the most visible thing in the world . Nothing could be more visible than Macbeth's fighting in act 1 , because glory is nothing but recognition , and ...
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