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 58
... seem also to avoid being themselves . " 21 But this complex no- tion — which becomes more intelligible once read in the ... seems destined to play . The likely logic of it all is " interrupted . " 22 " Hamlet is a man dispossessed of ...
... seem also to avoid being themselves . " 21 But this complex no- tion — which becomes more intelligible once read in the ... seems destined to play . The likely logic of it all is " interrupted . " 22 " Hamlet is a man dispossessed of ...
Page 98
... seems to me to be reductive . The hypersensibility and the brutality do not form a binary opposition , and the hero does not slip from the one to the other . On the contrary , these two things are " sides " of a single force , and there ...
... seems to me to be reductive . The hypersensibility and the brutality do not form a binary opposition , and the hero does not slip from the one to the other . On the contrary , these two things are " sides " of a single force , and there ...
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... seems to hold back Macbeth . Mac- beth is " far before , " says Duncan , and we sense that this excess ( or exceeding ) in Macbeth is one that might trouble Duncan : Duncan as presence rather than cogito . Shakespeare has just shown us ...
... seems to hold back Macbeth . Mac- beth is " far before , " says Duncan , and we sense that this excess ( or exceeding ) in Macbeth is one that might trouble Duncan : Duncan as presence rather than cogito . Shakespeare has just shown us ...
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