atthemomentofsurrender:THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH by William Shakespeare What looks like a tragedy about
atthemomentofsurrender:THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH by William ShakespeareWhat looks like a tragedy about a particular political crime at a particular historical moment proves to be also a tragedy about the painful contradictions of ordinary human life, full of high aspirations, but subservient to both nature and culture, and limited by mortality… What kind of power do we possess to be good, or bad, in a world where all our conclusions are written for us? Macbeth possesses an ethical sensibility (and command of poetry) more nuanced and brave than any other character in his world. We can find ourselves disconcertingly in the position of silently urging him on in his terrible goals, feeling compassion and admiration for a man trapped, like any of us, in a divinely wrought web. [x] -- source link
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