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 123
... final moment on the stage with Macbeth seems the mirror image of her first , when she took command and he spoke just three short lines ( 1.5.54 ff . ) . In her final words before her Sleepwalking scene , she suggests that the sleep that ...
... final moment on the stage with Macbeth seems the mirror image of her first , when she took command and he spoke just three short lines ( 1.5.54 ff . ) . In her final words before her Sleepwalking scene , she suggests that the sleep that ...
Page 194
... final speech , he agrees to fight , he still will not realize the reason why , or in which sense , Birnam Wood moved ( “ Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane " [ 5.8.30 ; cp . 5.5.44–46 ] ) , nor will he doubt that Mac- duff was ...
... final speech , he agrees to fight , he still will not realize the reason why , or in which sense , Birnam Wood moved ( “ Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane " [ 5.8.30 ; cp . 5.5.44–46 ] ) , nor will he doubt that Mac- duff was ...
Page 195
... final thoughts may be , Macbeth nevertheless seems to have returned at least partly to what he was at the start of ... final word is , oddly , " enough , " ut- ters that word only to reject it . Macbeth's death , like his final word , is ...
... final thoughts may be , Macbeth nevertheless seems to have returned at least partly to what he was at the start of ... final word is , oddly , " enough , " ut- ters that word only to reject it . Macbeth's death , like his final word , is ...
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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