Imen El-Khazri
University of Manouba, Tunisia
Abstract
With universalist or globalizing tendencies of thought, order is
preferred while disorder is sought to be avoided at any price; the latter might
generally be linked in politics to any kind of political dissidence, wars,
conflicts, riots, etc. In psychology, everyone fears mental disorders. In
ethics and theology, it is linked to the cursed notions of immorality and sin.
However, with the emergence of postmodern pessimist science of chaos, the word
becomes much admired. In science as in art and the humanities, disorder is
inevitable; it is rather a universal feature.
Order and disorder are often important issues in the Shakespearean
tragedy of Macbeth (and in fact, in all Shakespearean plays). The scientific
concept of ‘entropy’ which carries the meanings of disorder and uncertainty
will be discovered on a metaphorical level. Hence, it will be relevant to
represent the entropic historical context of the play, the entropic world of
Scotland after the murder of King Duncan, the entropic characters of Macbeth
and Lady Macbeth after committing the crime and the entropic language that
characterizes the play.
Keywords: disorder, entropy, pessimist, metaphorical level, entropic
historical context, entropic world of Scotland, entropic characters, entropic
language.
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