From the "blasted heath" to Belle and Sebastian : Macbeth as modern myth /
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2015
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Muslera, Pablo,
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This thesis argues that there are two main reasons for Macbeth's continued appeal: the questions it leaves unanswered, and an intensely personal narrative that weaves history, myth, and contemporary events into its intertextual fabric. I address this through a fictocritical artefact/exegesis that interrogates some of the Scottish play's sources, and common threads followed by several of its adaptations. By allegorising Macbeth into a modern prose novel, I explore the contemporary relevance of its major themes: the uncertainties of perception, fate versus agency, and refashionings of self. I show how these themes apply beyond the text to broader questions of identity, including Shakespeare's.
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University of South Australia. School of Communication, International Studies and Languages.
School of Communication, International Studies and Languages.
School of Communication, International Studies and Languages.
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Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2015.
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Copyright 2015 Pablo Muslera.
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1 ethesis (vii, 295 pages, 9 unnumbered pages) :
colour illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-295)
colour illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-295)
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