Conclusion

So [character] ends as [X], which is why [theme] is the problem of the book.

Last two sentences of a paragraph, or the last paragraph of the essay.

So Macbeth ends as a butcher, which is why kingship in this play is about whether anyone loves you, not whether you have the crown. this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen.

The book does not reward [X]. It counts what [X] costs.

When the moral is in the plot, not in a speech.

The book does not reward greed. Marley's chain is every greedy thing he did, and he has to wear it: I wear the chain I forged in life.

Both [A] and [B] wanted [Y]. They both pay.

Two characters, one idea. Romeo and Juliet. Macbeth and his wife.

Romeo and Juliet both wanted out of the feud. They both pay. The Friar saw it coming: These violent delights have violent ends.

What [character] said in [early scene] is now true about them.

A line that comes back as a punishment.

Lady Macbeth said a little water would clear them. In Act 5 the water does nothing. The line has come true the other way round.

The last word on them is "[quote]". That is the writer's verdict.

When someone else gets the last line. Malcolm. The Chorus. The last stave.

The last word on them is this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen. Malcolm gets the last line. The play will not forgive them.