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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... Once this type of sensibility is operative , we may recognize with Heidegger that " it is not we who play with words , but the nature of language [ that ] plays with us . " 27 The modern intellectual has a ( culturally conditioned and ...
... Once this type of sensibility is operative , we may recognize with Heidegger that " it is not we who play with words , but the nature of language [ that ] plays with us . " 27 The modern intellectual has a ( culturally conditioned and ...
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... once a supple- mentary necessity and an absurd surplus , it is at once purely dispensable and purely indispensable.25 On the one hand , the supplementary dagger ( in hallucination ) gives Macbeth the murder weapon he requires for ...
... once a supple- mentary necessity and an absurd surplus , it is at once purely dispensable and purely indispensable.25 On the one hand , the supplementary dagger ( in hallucination ) gives Macbeth the murder weapon he requires for ...
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... once it has come full circle : once it has crowned Macbeth . There is not first the possibility of the fulfillment of Truth / prophecy , and then the placing of the golden crown on Macbeth's head . On the contrary , the becoming - Truth ...
... once it has come full circle : once it has crowned Macbeth . There is not first the possibility of the fulfillment of Truth / prophecy , and then the placing of the golden crown on Macbeth's head . On the contrary , the becoming - Truth ...
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