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 56
... crime would in- spire someone else to do the same thing to him for the same purpose . His " [ b ] loody instructions " are lessons in crime , not lessons in justice . One crimi- nal is killed by another whose intentions are the same ...
... crime would in- spire someone else to do the same thing to him for the same purpose . His " [ b ] loody instructions " are lessons in crime , not lessons in justice . One crimi- nal is killed by another whose intentions are the same ...
Page 71
... crime and its evil . In the sec- ond part , facing outward , he never refers to himself , speaks of the internal world only of others , seems quite certain of what he describes , and emphasizes the crimes and evil of the nocturnal world ...
... crime and its evil . In the sec- ond part , facing outward , he never refers to himself , speaks of the internal world only of others , seems quite certain of what he describes , and emphasizes the crimes and evil of the nocturnal world ...
Page 104
... crime with suspects but without a plausible motive ( “ What good could they pretend ? " [ 2.4.24 ] ) , Banquo's is one with neither suspects nor apparent mo- tive . Macbeth will , of course , eventually blame Fleance . He will blame Ban ...
... crime with suspects but without a plausible motive ( “ What good could they pretend ? " [ 2.4.24 ] ) , Banquo's is one with neither suspects nor apparent mo- tive . Macbeth will , of course , eventually blame Fleance . He will blame Ban ...
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action answer appears Banquo battle become king beth beth's Birnam Wood blood castle Cawdor chance Christian conscience contrast crime crown dare dead death deed Despite Donalbain Duncan's murder Duncan's room Dunsinane elective monarchy England scene equivocation everything evil explicitly fate father fear fight final Fleance Ghost God's Gorgon guilt hand hath hear heart Heaven Hecate Hist Holinshed honor human husband innocence instruments of Darkness kill Duncan killers kingship Lady Mac Lady Macbeth Lady Macduff Lenox Lord Macbeth says Macbeth seems Macbeth speaks Macbeth thinks Malcolm manly virtue means mentions moral murdering Duncan Mystery Play natural order never night nobles once one's play political pray prophecy refers Rosse Rosse's royal Scot Scotland Scottish sense Seyton Shakespeare Shakespearean Tragedy Siward sleep soliloquy soul speech suggests sword tell Thane Thane of Cawdor thee things thou thought throne tion trust unsex wife Witches woman words