The Insufficiency of Virtue: Macbeth and the Natural OrderThe first scene-by-scene philosophical study of any Shakespeare play, this book demonstrates why Shakespeare's poetic writings still arouse and sustain serious inquiry and reflection. Using a combination of philosophical rigor, political insight, and textual thoroughness, Jan H. Blits delineates the competing forms of virtue within Macbeth--the courageous public virtue of warriors like Macbeth and the internal Christian virtue evoked by Duncan. This new interpretation of Macbeth explains crucial paradoxes overlooked by previous scholars and will serve as a model for future scholarship in the field. |
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Page 87
... death I know I am Thane of Glamis " [ 1.3.71 ] ) , Macbeth speaks as though Duncan's death amounts to Malcolm's and Donalbain's deaths , as though by killing the father he has also somehow managed to kill the sons . This confusion of ...
... death I know I am Thane of Glamis " [ 1.3.71 ] ) , Macbeth speaks as though Duncan's death amounts to Malcolm's and Donalbain's deaths , as though by killing the father he has also somehow managed to kill the sons . This confusion of ...
Page 104
... killing itself ( 3.1.127 ff . ) , he neglects to think who might be blamed for the murder - or , indeed , that any- one needs to be . Earlier , when Lady Macbeth suggested blaming Duncan's guards for his murder , she did it much as an ...
... killing itself ( 3.1.127 ff . ) , he neglects to think who might be blamed for the murder - or , indeed , that any- one needs to be . Earlier , when Lady Macbeth suggested blaming Duncan's guards for his murder , she did it much as an ...
Page 166
... Duncan's murder , she also assumes guilt for all Macbeth's crimes - for Banquo's murder , about which she evidently knew but in which she took no actual part ( 5.1.42-43 , 59–60 ) , and even for Lady Macduff's murder , about which she ...
... Duncan's murder , she also assumes guilt for all Macbeth's crimes - for Banquo's murder , about which she evidently knew but in which she took no actual part ( 5.1.42-43 , 59–60 ) , and even for Lady Macduff's murder , about which she ...
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