Macbeth
Independence and Failure
Peasants of the early sixteenth century are often pictured carrying a bundle of limbs
tied with vines on their backs. This is a perfect metaphor for the events in Macbeth.
Macbeth is one of many thanes, or limbs, bundled together. The thanes are united by the
king, or the vine. Scotland, or the peasant, carries the bundle by the sweat of his brow.
They carry the bundle for fires on cold nights, or wars, and to build homes, or castles, to
protect them from the elements, or invaders. If the limbs are tied improperly, one limb
may slip to the side and cause the peasant, or nation, to stumble or fall. If the limb slides
completely out, the rest of the limbs may follow because the bundle is loose. Marriage is
like a triangle. Each spouse makes up one of the leaning sides, and marriage the lower
side. The three together are very strong, but to stand they all must be united. The longer
a marriage is held the longer the bottom......
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