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THRONE and CROWN are used metonymically in the play to mean the Monarchy.
THRONE appears 4 times. Macduff and Malcolm call it the THRONE. Macbeth only uses THRONE once, when he talks to Duncan: "Our duties are to your throne" (1.4)
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THRONE appears 4 times. Macduff and Malcolm call it the THRONE. Macbeth only uses THRONE once, when he talks to Duncan: "Our duties are to your throne" (1.4)
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CROWN appears 9 times. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, in reference to their own ambitions, only ever call it the CROWN.
Malcolm only calls it the CROWN in the very last line of the play, when he's won it back from Macbeth.
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Malcolm only calls it the CROWN in the very last line of the play, when he's won it back from Macbeth.
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Deliberate or coincidence?
Maybe the THRONE is something permanent, to which Duncan and his heirs rightfully accede. The CROWN is something transient, that can be put on, taken off and won through murder and treason.
End of thread.
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Maybe the THRONE is something permanent, to which Duncan and his heirs rightfully accede. The CROWN is something transient, that can be put on, taken off and won through murder and treason.
End of thread.
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