『맥베스』에 나타난 ‘새 고르곤’과 자기이해
‘A New Gorgon’ and Self-Knowledge in Macbeth
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As the Christian idea of sin and punishment has little place at least within his perspective, Macbeth's murder of Duncan naturally should boil down to moral matters. Since moral thoughts underlie the self, it follows that Macbeth' committing murder influenced his self-awareness. His conceptions of his crime and guilt are rarely articulated but more often intimated through the eyes. Indeed, his murder of Duncan is caused by the failure of his eyes to see things in a legitimate or moral way. Despite his attempt to deny what he did, he is forced by others to see his deed and thus confront himself with what he was trying to refuse to see. The corpse of Duncan is described as “a new Gorgon,” which acts as a mirror that reflects to Macbeth his crime. This simultaneously brings out its concomitant guilty conscience, which is rendered in the form of pain in his eyes. Only when he realizes that he is isolated, being dislocated out of society, does he come to see more clearly who he is and what he is and reaches the threshold of attaining self-knowledge.
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As the Christian idea of sin and punishment has little place at least within his perspective, Macbeth's murder of Duncan naturally should boil down to moral matters. Since moral thoughts underlie the self, it follows that Macbeth' committing murder influenced his self-awareness. His conceptions of his crime and guilt are rarely articulated but more often intimated through the eyes. Indeed, his murder of Duncan is caused by the failure of his eyes to see things in a legitimate or moral way. Despite his attempt to deny what he did, he is forced by others to see his deed and thus confront himself with what he was trying to refuse to see. The corpse of Duncan is described as “a new Gorgon,” which acts as a mirror that reflects to Macbeth his crime. This simultaneously brings out its concomitant guilty conscience, which is rendered in the form of pain in his eyes. Only when he realizes that he is isolated, being dislocated out of society, does he come to see more clearly who he is and what he is and reaches the threshold of attaining self-knowledge.
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