Parallel Trophies

     The play Macbeth begins and ends in a parallel with the defeated rebel's head on display.  In Act I Scene I, a wounded soldier tells Duncan about Macbeth's victory against the rebel, Macdonwald.  He recounts that Macbeth cut off Macdonwald's head and displayed it on a post.  Then in Act V Scene VIII, Macduff kills Macbeth and enters the stage, flaunting Macbeth's head.  Macbeth's identity as a rebel does not lie in the fact that he went against the current king of Scotland because he was the king.  Instead, it lies in the fact that he went against his country, Scotland.  The individual who displayed the head at the beginning of the play arrives at the end of the play being the head displayed; this parallel is what developed the plot that comes full circle.
     This can be reflected outside of the play in the parallel of the events that occur on the popular television show, Teen Wolf.  During this series, fans had been rooting for Lydia and Stiles to be together for what seemed like an eternity.  The ship finally sailed when Lydia kissed Stiles in order to help him focus on something other than his panic attack.  Furthermore, at the end of the last episode in the series, Scott, a werewolf, is having trouble healing as he is distracted by the pain.  At this time, Lydia tells Malia to kiss Scott, and through this action, Scott is healed.  By bringing the event that captured their fans' hearts to the finale of their show, the producers of Teen Wolf were able to make their series come full circle, just as Shakespeare did with Macbeth.