Macbeth

macbeth metaphor

Explain the clothing metaphor in this statement of Banquo: “New honors come upon him/Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold/But with the aid of use” (I.iii.144-146).

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Banquo is basically saying that Macbeth wants to be King without deserving the title. Macbeth would look strange in the King's garmets because he has no lawful claim to the title.