Poems to the King’s most Sacred Majesty

Davenant, Sir William; Gibbs, A. M.

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“…The Restoration, Davenant states, requires not merely the conquest of the realm-something Charles II's forces did not in fact achieve-but much needed help in the "conquest of minds." 14 Historians of Restoration drama look across a much wider expanse than those plays rewritten or staged by Davenant himself-who died suddenly on April 7, 1668-and now debate the loyalty of the Restoration stage to the Stuarts or the ideology behind the restored monarchy. 15 Davenant understood the difficulty of sustaining the religious and political settlement that made the Restoration possible.…”

Section: Political Contexts Of Davenant's Macbethmentioning

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“…Heaven's justice will not require his intervention: "Usurpers lives have but a short extent. / Nothing lives long in a strange Element" (12)(13)(14).…”

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“…The question of who was responsible for Charles II's restoration was paramount. Sheldon warns of "some among us" who deny that God can "govern his own House," or who think they can escape God's terrible judgment (14)(15). His reply to these: "we to our great comfort .…”

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The Two Deaths of Lady Macduff

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2008

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Stephen White and Gianni Vattimo have argued in favor of weak ontological thought. Particularly for White, weak ontology's contestable fundamentals are a superior response to strong ontologies, including the violence linked to them. I make a historically comparative evaluation of their arguments. The evaluation draws on William Davenant's Restoration revision of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Davenant's play defends Charles II's sovereignty against the strong ontological claims of orthodox Anglicans. Lady Macduff's much expanded role and the death she suffers, in contrast to her counterpart in Shakespeare's Folio, are key vehicles for this defense. Davenant's revisions are linked in this interpretation to Charles II's Happy Act of Indemnity and Oblivion of 1660. Also explored are new connections between Macduff and the witches. I argue Davenant exemplifies a contingency unanticipated by weak ontology advocates: he is both antifoundational and in favor of violence. Antifoundational arguments aid more political persuasions than often imagined.

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Section: Political Contexts Of Davenant's Macbethmentioning

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“…Heaven's justice will not require his intervention: "Usurpers lives have but a short extent. / Nothing lives long in a strange Element" (12)(13)(14).…”

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