Ultimately, Macbeth's attempts to secure his own passage to the throne and to remain 'safely thus' are no more than 'a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury' – a point reinforced when MacDuff triumphantly shows off his head on a stick to the angry crowd of onlookers at the conclusion of the play....

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