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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... never neutralize this space by an act of appropriation . or reconciliation . The distance and absence that the call affirms in its capacity as long - distance call can never be totally erased . Macbeth can become present to the call ...
... never neutralize this space by an act of appropriation . or reconciliation . The distance and absence that the call affirms in its capacity as long - distance call can never be totally erased . Macbeth can become present to the call ...
Page 152
... never equivocates . True truth pres- ences its presence as truth : " Yet Grace must still look so " ( 4.3.24 ) ... never has told a single lie in his entire life ( 4.3.130 ) , never felt the prick of egoism ( 4.3.127 ) , nor touched the ...
... never equivocates . True truth pres- ences its presence as truth : " Yet Grace must still look so " ( 4.3.24 ) ... never has told a single lie in his entire life ( 4.3.130 ) , never felt the prick of egoism ( 4.3.127 ) , nor touched the ...
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... never occupy the form of presence " and " a present that will never have been present " ( ibid . , pp . 58 , 59 ) . The recollection of the present , in the form of a trace of it , does not shape itself as the tracing of the present ...
... never occupy the form of presence " and " a present that will never have been present " ( ibid . , pp . 58 , 59 ) . The recollection of the present , in the form of a trace of it , does not shape itself as the tracing of the present ...
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