My theory is that lockes description of backgammon is parallel to the overall description of the battle between Jacob and the man in black (who is almost certainly Esau).
Firstly, Locke says that backgammon is the oldest game in the world (as Jacob and Esau's battle has been raging for so long), as it was found in ancient Mesopotamia (near egypt where people who built/worshipped the statue came from) and that "that's older than Jesus Christ" (which is what Jacob and Esau are)
Walt asks if they had dice back then and Locke replies that they did but they were made of bones not plastic to play the game (the bones are people and thats how Jacob and Esau are playing the game).
Then the famous line "two players, two sides, one is light and one is dark" (in other words, Jacob and Esau)
This may mean nothing, but Locke holds boths light and dark in his hands and then conceals them. Could this somehow represent himself and be a fore shadow of what he and everyone else will be in season 6?
Firstly, Locke says that backgammon is the oldest game in the world (as Jacob and Esau's battle has been raging for so long), as it was found in ancient Mesopotamia (near egypt where people who built/worshipped the statue came from) and that "that's older than Jesus Christ" (which is what Jacob and Esau are)
Walt asks if they had dice back then and Locke replies that they did but they were made of bones not plastic to play the game (the bones are people and thats how Jacob and Esau are playing the game).
Then the famous line "two players, two sides, one is light and one is dark" (in other words, Jacob and Esau)
This may mean nothing, but Locke holds boths light and dark in his hands and then conceals them. Could this somehow represent himself and be a fore shadow of what he and everyone else will be in season 6?
