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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... logical contradictions " ; for the contradictions that a deconstruction interests itself in are not merely logical ( TM , 135 ) . The temptation to work a weak deconstruction on Macbeth is of course considerable , since weak ...
... logical contradictions " ; for the contradictions that a deconstruction interests itself in are not merely logical ( TM , 135 ) . The temptation to work a weak deconstruction on Macbeth is of course considerable , since weak ...
Page 90
... logic inadvertently come to share the sterile " either / or - ness " of the logical Lady . Macbeth's submission to Lady Macbeth's general initiative is at its most conspicuous de- gree of dishonesty in the Ghost scene of act 3 : Lady M ...
... logic inadvertently come to share the sterile " either / or - ness " of the logical Lady . Macbeth's submission to Lady Macbeth's general initiative is at its most conspicuous de- gree of dishonesty in the Ghost scene of act 3 : Lady M ...
Page 148
... logic . Logic itself plays in Macbeth , and it plays with logic . This logical play , nearly always working toward originary equivocation and originary contradic- tion , now cannot leave act 4 alone cannot stop itself from toying with ...
... logic . Logic itself plays in Macbeth , and it plays with logic . This logical play , nearly always working toward originary equivocation and originary contradic- tion , now cannot leave act 4 alone cannot stop itself from toying with ...
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