“All That May Become a Man”: Macbeth and the Breakdown of the Heroic Model

Abstract

Mentre sembra inizialmente conformarsi alla tradizionale rappresentazione epica della guerra come duello tra Bene e Male, o Diritto e Torto, Macbeth — all’incirca due secoli prima che un’analoga demistificazione si verifichi nel romanzo borghese — finisce per smantellare questo modello così geometrico e irrealistico, suggerendo che tutta la guerra è caos, e che valori antichi ed ereditati come l’eroismo e l’onore non bastano a salvaguardare le collettività dalla caduta nella confusione e nella distruzione.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-25

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