DISENTANGLING THE CONTRIVANCES OF CHAOS AND ORDER IN MACBETH BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Abstract

Postmodern literature rejects canonical narrative conventions in favor of narrative opacity, discontinuity, and non-linearity. The study of complex systems with sensitive dependency on beginning circumstances and consequently unexpected outcomes is the focus of chaos theory. The purpose of this study project is to delve deep into the intersection of chaos theory and postmodern literature in an effort to understand the complex link between chaos and order in these texts. By investigating this link, it is observed that there is hidden coherence within the chaotic appearance of postmodern literature. It is studied that the postmodern literature is a unique literary style that deviates from the norms of traditional narrative structure. Complex, non-linear storylines, is seemed chaotic, are typical of this genre. These ideas are applied on William Shakespeare’s drama Macbeth because being a classic dramatist, Shakespeare proves himself as postmodernist. By applying the theoretical framework of chaos theory proposed by Edward Lorenz, this very work is proved as a genuine piece of postmodern work, particularly, tracing the robust endorsement of chaos theory.