JORDAN+T

By: Jordan Theus
 * Lady Macbeths candle's flame has become a metaphor for her short life and sudden death
 * Banquo's torchlight (lights him just enough so his murderers can see what they're doing) is also put out the moment he's killed
 * After Macbeth kills Banquo, Macbeth says that blood will beget blood, and his image of wading in a river of blood sums it up, once you've killed someone you mine as well keep killing to keep the lie going.
 * When the witches predicted Macbeth would be king, they placed a "fruitless crown" upon his head and a "barren scepter" in his hand.
 * When Macbeth kills Duncan and takes the crown, Malcolm is denied "the due of birth." There's a sense of major political and lineal disorder here. By the play's end, order is restored with Malcolm being crowned as rightful king. And, we also know that Banquo's line will rule for generations to come.

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