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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... opening it up to the risk of being defeated by its own logical mechanisms , it is evi- dent that deconstructive theory cannot work on Shakespeare in a prescriptive fashion . You cannot turn everything in Shakespeare into signifying ...
... opening it up to the risk of being defeated by its own logical mechanisms , it is evi- dent that deconstructive theory cannot work on Shakespeare in a prescriptive fashion . You cannot turn everything in Shakespeare into signifying ...
Page 75
... opening thrown open by weird solicitation . Macbeth seems always to want to smooth over some original wound in reality : a wound that splits his mind from side to side but which also splits his apprehension of an externally uniform ...
... opening thrown open by weird solicitation . Macbeth seems always to want to smooth over some original wound in reality : a wound that splits his mind from side to side but which also splits his apprehension of an externally uniform ...
Page 213
... opening the first pages of a book - is to want to be a gambler and a player . And who is Macbeth if not a figure nourishing such hope ? Who is Macbeth if not this heroic spec- tator opening the first pages of his own book ? We are all ...
... opening the first pages of a book - is to want to be a gambler and a player . And who is Macbeth if not a figure nourishing such hope ? Who is Macbeth if not this heroic spec- tator opening the first pages of his own book ? We are all ...
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