Macbeth’s Rites of Violence

At the sight of blood, most people pull the face of disgust, a universal and almost hard-wired human response to the presence of noxious substances, like blood, flowing from the body. When Duncan sees the bloody man, he sees blood before he sees the man. Because bloodshed and his so-called bloodline...

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Published in:Shakespeare in Southern Africa 2011-01, Vol.23 (1), p.55
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