Macbeth is a play about two things very much on Americans’ minds—regime change at home and whose children will inherit the kingdom. Macbeth seizes power successfully, yet his line has no future; even in victory he is a failure. Americans are locked in a quadrennial struggle over who will hold the highest office in the land, but the winner of our presidential contest is doomed to be seen as a tyrant (and probably a usurper) by the losing side.
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