Banquo's Death In Macbeth

Banquo’s death was the first murder portrayed on-stage. Brutality is not only found within the impersonal act of hired murderers bludgeoning Banquo on the forest floor but can also be seen in Macbeth’s cunning extraction of information and manipulation beforehand. As Banquo prepares to go riding before supper at Inverness, Macbeth begins questioning the details of his trip. Knowing the prophecy foretold by the occult witches that insinuates Macbeth will be succeeded by Banquo’s sons, he convinces the murderers that Banquo is responsible for their lowly and miserable lives and in order to raise their quality of life, “Fleance his son, that keeps him company, whose absence is no less material to me than is his father’s, must embrace the fate