맥베스

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맥베스는 “시인의 상상력”을 지니고 있으며 바로 이 상상력을 통해 양심과 명예에 대한 암시들을 접하게 된다(Bradley 268). 약간 달리 말하자면, 맥베스의 양심과 명예에 대한 존중이 오히려 상상력을 통해 전달되었다고 설명될 수도 있다. 그의 시적 상상력에 힘입어 양심에 떨고 있는 맥베스의 내면은 폭군이라는 외관에 균형을 잡아준다. 범행을 저지르기 전
맥베스는 죄에 대한 명확한 개념을 갖지 않았다. 하지만 섬세한 상상 속에서 맥베스는 던컨 왕을 살해하는 것이 자신의 본성을 거스르는 것이며, 자신의 친척인 던컨 왕에 대한 인간된 도리를 어기는 것이며, 자연 질서에 어긋나는 행위임을 지속적으로 암시받는다. 영어 단어 ‘nature’는 일차적으로 ‘자연’이나 ‘본성’을 뜻하며 이외에 ‘선량한 본성,’ 특히 부모 자식 간의 ‘인간다운 정(情)’을 의미할 뿐만 아니라 ‘신체적 힘,’ ‘생명력,’ ‘성적 욕구,’ ‘몸을 지탱하는 생명의 활동’ 등을 포함하여 그 의미의 폭이 꽤 넓다. 때문에 맥베스가 선한 본성을 어긴 것에 대한 암시는 여러 가지로 표현된다.