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 80
... third is an English tailor who was caught stealing cloth while cutting out clothes for his customers when clothing fashions changed . The first and last sinners stand together and apart from the second . Except for the sailor and the ...
... third is an English tailor who was caught stealing cloth while cutting out clothes for his customers when clothing fashions changed . The first and last sinners stand together and apart from the second . Except for the sailor and the ...
Page 114
... third scene of the third act is the dead center of Macbeth . It is also the clear turning point of Macbeth's fortunes . The attack against Banquo succeeds ; the attack against Fleance fails . The father is killed , but the son survives ...
... third scene of the third act is the dead center of Macbeth . It is also the clear turning point of Macbeth's fortunes . The attack against Banquo succeeds ; the attack against Fleance fails . The father is killed , but the son survives ...
Page 134
... Third contributes parts of plants as well . And while the First and Second add mostly ambiguous amphibians and reptiles , the Third , avoiding both amphibians and reptiles ( and birds ) , provides instead the oppo- site extremes of ...
... Third contributes parts of plants as well . And while the First and Second add mostly ambiguous amphibians and reptiles , the Third , avoiding both amphibians and reptiles ( and birds ) , provides instead the oppo- site extremes of ...
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