AN QU O , ▁and ▁F LE ANCE , ▁with ▁a ▁tor ch ", ▁seems ▁to ▁for esh adow ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁Fle ance ▁is ▁a ▁light ▁for ▁Scotland ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁the ▁play ' s ▁black ▁de eds . ▁ ▁When ▁Mac b eth ▁returns ▁to ▁the ▁w itch es ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁play , ▁they ▁show ▁him ▁an ▁appar ition ▁of ▁the ▁murder ed ▁Ban qu o , ▁along ▁with ▁eight ▁k ings ▁of ▁his ▁family , ▁desc ending ▁through ▁Fle ance . ▁King ▁James , ▁on ▁the ▁throne ▁when ▁Mac b eth ▁was ▁written , ▁was ▁the ▁nin th ▁Stuart ▁king . ▁This ▁scene ▁thus ▁suggests ▁strong ▁support ▁for ▁James ' ▁right ▁to ▁the ▁throne ▁by ▁line age , ▁and ▁for ▁aud ien ces ▁of ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁day , ▁was ▁a ▁tang ible ▁ful fil ment ▁of ▁the ▁w itch es ' ▁prop he cy . ▁The ▁appar ition ▁is ▁also ▁deeply ▁un sett ling ▁to ▁Mac b eth , ▁who ▁not ▁only ▁wants ▁the ▁throne ▁for ▁himself , ▁but ▁also ▁des ires ▁to ▁father ▁a ▁line ▁of ▁k ings . ▁ ▁Theatre ▁scholar ▁Mar vin ▁Ros enberg ▁the or ises ▁that ▁Mac b eth ▁has ▁a ▁son , ▁and ▁interpre ts ▁the ▁play ▁as ▁comment ing ▁on ▁the ▁rival ries ▁between ▁pairs ▁of ▁father ▁and ▁son : ▁Ban qu o ▁and ▁Fle ance , ▁Mac du ff ▁and ▁his ▁son , ▁Mac b eth ▁and ▁his . ▁ ▁He ▁arg ues ▁that ▁the ▁t ension ▁that ▁exists