1A: Banquo: "How goes the night boy?" (2.1.1) B: How is your night going‚ boy? He was asking how the night was going. C: First quote; no comparison yet. Banquo is wondering how the night is going. 2A: Banquo: "I dreamt last night of the three Weird Sisters. / To you they have show’d some truth” (2.1.25-26) B: Last night I dreamed about the 3 Weird Sisters. They are telling you the truth. Banquo has a dream about the 3 Weird Sisters and the prophecy. Banquo decides not to act on complete ambition
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Many scholars see Banquo as a foil and a contrast to Macbeth. Macbeth‚ for example‚ eagerly accepts the Three Witches’ prophecy as true and seeks to help it along. Banquo‚ on the other hand‚ doubts the prophecies and the intentions of these seemingly evil creatures. Whereas Macbeth places his hope in the prediction that he will be king‚ Banquo argues that evil only offers gifts that lead to destruction. Banquo steadily resists the temptations of evil within the play‚ praying to heaven for help‚ while
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Banquo and Fleance flee into the forest‚ Banquo knows that Macbeth killed Duncan and that Macbeth nows wants Banquo dead‚ He reflects on Macbeth’s and his own behavior since the prophecies made by the witches‚ as well as reflecting on Fleance and the person he is to become. The start of Act III‚ Scene 1. Just before Banquo’s murder. Banquo: You have it now‚ Thane of Cawdor‚ just as the witches promised. You killed the king of Scotland so you could take the throne‚ (point to crowd) I know you
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or for the evil. Also‚ that the idea of murdering Duncan to make the prophecy come true has crossed his mind. Macbeth hides his thoughts because he doesn’t want anyone else to know that he has thought about murdering the king. The reader feels sympathy for Macbeth as he feels guilty of even thinking about murdering King Duncan and as he worries for the witches’ prophecy. Also‚ the reader realizes that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth will murder King Duncan and they cannot stop themselves from killing more
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1 Act III opens at the royal castle on the day of a great feast to celebrate Macbeth’s coronation. Banquo is the first to enter the great dining hall. The prophecy of the Witches races through his mind‚ and he begins to believe that Macbeth himself was responsible for the fulfillment of the Hags’ prediction. He thinks upon his own destiny as foretold by the Witches. If Macbeth is now king‚ Banquo is sure to father future kings. A trumpet sounds and King Macbeth and his Queen enter the hall with
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Banquo’s thoughts on the Prophesy [Banquo and his family are having supper in the dining room at their home. Banquo looks down to the ground‚ pondering.] Fleance: What is bothering you father? Banquo: Nothing of your concern Fleance. Banquo: Singing and cheering echo through the vibrant sounds of this lovely Lochaber night in celebration after our victory over the traitor Mcdonwald. Our home is imbued with the enveloping feeling of content as our mouths are glutted with food. I watch as my wife
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MIDNIGHT MURDER! On the dark and cold night of December 9th‚ the great King Duncan of Scotland was murdered in his chamber. According to our journalist Andrea Ruiz‚ King Duncan was at the castle of his Thane‚ Lord Macbeth‚ the night of the murder. The night Duncan was murdered was very wild. People heard lamenting painful ghostly cries. Many of the chimneys were blown down. Some people said that they could hear screeching of owl and the horses were fighting the whole night‚ but still was a good
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be hold responsible for a life or death situation. Say if someone killed another human being or a living organism you would be hold accountable for their action. But it depends on what they did. They should be responsible for a life or death situation but it depends on what they did or did not do.“I am getting out there! I yelled to k... I was sure l had yelled loud enough but my voice did not seem to have reached (Murakami 139)”. In this case he is not responsible for his friend k death it was
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lifts up the knife and plunges it into Duncan‚ and he does it because he wants to be king. There are other factors that might have something to do with his motivation‚ which I’ll go into below. But ultimately‚ he does the deed. He actually does the murder. If you were putting him on trial‚ there would be no question of blaming anyone else primarily. The witches do have something to do with it. Macbeth has no plans to kill the king or wishes for the King’s death until seeing the prophecies of the
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Macbeth will soon become King‚ and readers cheer him on. However‚ throughout the play‚ readers’ views on Macbeth change. Instead of being seen as the protagonist‚ Macbeth develops into the antagonist. Two key death scenes further this image of Macbeth: the murder and attempted murder of Banquo and his son‚ Fleance; and the murders of Lady Macduff and her son. Macbeth’s ascension to the throne wasn’t irregular for the time: killing the current king to inherit the throne had happened before in Scotland’s
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