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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... present everywhere and knows everything , including even our most secret thoughts , he is invisible and unknowable to us . We cannot know or imagine God . But what we can know and imagine - indeed , what we can know and imagine best ...
... present everywhere and knows everything , including even our most secret thoughts , he is invisible and unknowable to us . We cannot know or imagine God . But what we can know and imagine - indeed , what we can know and imagine best ...
Page 72
... present horror [ of ] the time . " He fears that it would shatter the frightening horror surrounding his deed . He ... present moment , the silence here and now . He thus gives the si- lence at least some of the presence of " the sure ...
... present horror [ of ] the time . " He fears that it would shatter the frightening horror surrounding his deed . He ... present moment , the silence here and now . He thus gives the si- lence at least some of the presence of " the sure ...
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... present , Macbeth has destroyed the continuity , and hence the coherence , of time . In fact , by re- ducing everything to the present , he has , paradoxically , destroyed the present itself . Macbeth explicitly — indeed , emphatically ...
... present , Macbeth has destroyed the continuity , and hence the coherence , of time . In fact , by re- ducing everything to the present , he has , paradoxically , destroyed the present itself . Macbeth explicitly — indeed , emphatically ...
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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