Clothes and Macbeth

Shakespeare not only uses clothing to define ones role as a character, but he uses it as symbolical significance. When Macbeth first hears that he will be named the Thane of Cawdor, due to the other Thane sentenced to death, he asked why he is being dresses in "borrowed robes". This also helps to represent the persons achievements if earned or stolen. By stating he is dressed in borrowed robes that don't fit him, it really means that he is unfit for the role and may have not entirely earned that role in question. Unlike if they were to say, that the robe he was being dressed in fit appropriately, it would mean he is meant for this role. Much like the saying "if the shoe fits".