Dear Shake-Ball:
Michelle thinks that that Macbeth speech is about his regret for the crappy husband he's been. I think it's about how he doesn't give a damn about his wife and how it would have been a lot more convenient if she could have waited to kill herself until after he was done having his poker party or fighting his war or whatever.
Who's right?
Answer:
"From off the gates of York fetch down the head,
Your father's head, which Clifford placed there;
In stead whereof let this supply the room:
Measure for measure must be answered."
(3 Henry VI 2.6.52-55)
Interpretation:
Ooh, gruesome. The fact that you're taking me to the Wars of the Roses--the bloodiest example you ever gave us of how useless it is to play the tit for tat, eye for an eye game--tells me that Michelle and I should just agree to disagree.
Either that, or I'm right, and should go chop off her head to claim my victory.
Hmmm.
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