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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... sovereign : sovereign reck- lessness . Here the disinclination to fight ( 5.7.2 ; 5.8.5-6 ; 5.8.22 ) is not the function of a ( dialectical ) negation of heroic courage , nor a function of servile anguish and retreat to metaphysical ...
... sovereign : sovereign reck- lessness . Here the disinclination to fight ( 5.7.2 ; 5.8.5-6 ; 5.8.22 ) is not the function of a ( dialectical ) negation of heroic courage , nor a function of servile anguish and retreat to metaphysical ...
Page 166
... [ sovereign ] sacrifice . . . is total , holds back no enjoyment , except . . . through abandoned laugh- ter . If it leaves behind a chance survivor , it does so unbeknownst to itself , like the flower of the fields after the harvest ...
... [ sovereign ] sacrifice . . . is total , holds back no enjoyment , except . . . through abandoned laugh- ter . If it leaves behind a chance survivor , it does so unbeknownst to itself , like the flower of the fields after the harvest ...
Page 186
... sovereign expenditure . Precisely be- cause Macbeth knows his fate by now , just as the player knows his lines and as the worshipper knows his ritual , he can enter the sovereign realm of free " un - knowledge " ( WD , 263 ) where what ...
... sovereign expenditure . Precisely be- cause Macbeth knows his fate by now , just as the player knows his lines and as the worshipper knows his ritual , he can enter the sovereign realm of free " un - knowledge " ( WD , 263 ) where what ...
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