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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... presence , itself uncovers its own logical precariousness . By throwing himself into a quest for metaphysical presence as absolute self - presence , Macbeth produces the opposite of that absolutely metaphysical self - presence : a full ...
... presence , itself uncovers its own logical precariousness . By throwing himself into a quest for metaphysical presence as absolute self - presence , Macbeth produces the opposite of that absolutely metaphysical self - presence : a full ...
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... self - presence . Act 3 shows how the epochal regime of servitude deepens into a metaphysical quest for " being " that is anguish and into an anguish that is a metaphysical quest for " being . " " Being " here is tantamount to perfect self ...
... self - presence . Act 3 shows how the epochal regime of servitude deepens into a metaphysical quest for " being " that is anguish and into an anguish that is a metaphysical quest for " being . " " Being " here is tantamount to perfect self ...
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... self - presence as something that “ in his death were perfect " ( 3.1.107 ) . Banquo is in other words viewed as the exact and unique thing that keeps Macbeth away from the idealized perfection that prophecy originally promised . Is it ...
... self - presence as something that “ in his death were perfect " ( 3.1.107 ) . Banquo is in other words viewed as the exact and unique thing that keeps Macbeth away from the idealized perfection that prophecy originally promised . Is it ...
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