That Suggestion: Catholic Casuistry, Complexity, and Macbeth

In a keeping with the view that Shakespeare harbored a sympathetic attitude to Catholic ways of seeing, this essay argues that Macbeth is a study in the dangers of oversimplification and certainty. In contradistinction to how Spenser's Redcrosse Knight escapes the Cave of Despaire, Macbeth woul...

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Publicado en:Religions
Autor principal: Curran, John E. 1968- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: MDPI [2018]
En: Religions
Otras palabras clave:B Macbeth
B Protestantism
B Equivocation
B Catholicism
B Conscience
B Casuistry
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Sumario:In a keeping with the view that Shakespeare harbored a sympathetic attitude to Catholic ways of seeing, this essay argues that Macbeth is a study in the dangers of oversimplification and certainty. In contradistinction to how Spenser's Redcrosse Knight escapes the Cave of Despaire, Macbeth would benefit greatly from probing, questioning, nuancing, and sifting through ambiguity. He needs to examine the particular attenuation of his own moral thinking, and needs to engage equivocation, in the forms of both amphibology and mental reservation.
ISSN:2077-1444
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel9100315