Macbeth warns us to preserve our humanity by accepting limitations to our actions. As Macduff says to Malcolm, when the latter presents himself as a heartless libertine:
Boundless intemperanceOnly if we obey rules—the rules that count—can we be free.
In nature is a tyranny.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Boundless intemperance in nature is a tyranny
Why Shakespeare Is For All Time by Theodore Dalrymple.
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