2022/08/20 by Biava Kodjo KLOUTSE
#FOS: Languages and literature
paper · doi:10.48734/akofena.n006v3.07.2022
Abstract: The paranormal is all about apparitions that interact occasionally in the course of events amongst people. It is intensely exploited in Shakespeare’s tragedies as a means to reveal the mystical aspects of life and especially rulers’ lives. This article aims at approaching from the semiotic perspective the paranormal in Julius Caesar and Macbeth as Shakespeare’s art of uncovering the mystical aspect of life and especially that of the political authorities so as to raise awareness upon the issue of dark agents and the insensitivity of man towards the premonitory messages of nature. This study elaborates on the depiction of the paranormal in both tragedies by Shakespeare in order to understand the metaphysical or the mystical facet of political power through the interference of the witches which has led to the regicide in Macbeth, and the value of the messages of the Soothsayer and that of nature around the murder of Caesar in Julius Caesar. Whence it holds that a careful observation of nature and open-mindedness could profit people far beyond greed, boldness and the trust in magic.