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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... describes the silence of a bloody deed of war ( 1.2.21-23 ) . And de- spite the fact that Duncan , evidently alarmed by earlier reports , is eager for his news , the Captain tells his story very slowly - indeed , he tells it like a ...
... describes the silence of a bloody deed of war ( 1.2.21-23 ) . And de- spite the fact that Duncan , evidently alarmed by earlier reports , is eager for his news , the Captain tells his story very slowly - indeed , he tells it like a ...
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... describing his murderous thought's effect on him , he will identify the thought as his own and make it the subject of ... describes him- self as merely " yield [ ing ] " to the suggestion of murder , as if it came to him from without . A ...
... describing his murderous thought's effect on him , he will identify the thought as his own and make it the subject of ... describes him- self as merely " yield [ ing ] " to the suggestion of murder , as if it came to him from without . A ...
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... describes Macduff , while suppressing what , in fact , most describes Malcolm himself . But far from allowing that he has even a trace of a single kingly virtue , Mal- colm claims to be abundantly guilty of every form of every crime ...
... describes Macduff , while suppressing what , in fact , most describes Malcolm himself . But far from allowing that he has even a trace of a single kingly virtue , Mal- colm claims to be abundantly guilty of every form of every crime ...
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