Banquo

• “I fear thou playdst most foully for it” [Banquo]
• “neither beg nor fear your favours or your hate” he’s skeptical and weary towards the prophecies
• hes loyal “i will be there for you” said to macbeth
• His descendants will take over the throne
• macbeth sees him as a threat
• in act 1 the witches tell him about the prophecies that his descendants will take the throne
• in act 3 he is killed by the orders of macbeth
• he’s protective and noble
• “i dreamt last night of the three weird sisters, to you they have shown some truth” - banquo is admitting he has been thinking about the prophecies but he doesn’t act upon them unlike macbeth
• “oh treachery! fly good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! thou mayst revenge“- banquo is being attacked and he is telling his son fleance to escape
• banquo is skeptical of the witches prophecies, “i neither beg, nor fear your favours or your hate”, he doesn’t act upon the prophecies
• banquo is a threat to macbeth, “ i fear thou playdst most foully for it”, he is suspicious of macbeth and thinks macbeth killed duncan
• “but that myself should be the root and father of many kings”- banquo says this, hinting at his own little ambition or hope for his lineage
• banquo represents loyalty -“i will be there for you” he tells macbeth
• “the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles to betray in deepest consequences”- banquo says this, warning macbeth that evil forces use small truths to lure people into destructive actions
• “merciful powders restrain in the cursive thoughts that nature gives way to in repose”, banquo says this and it shows he’s unable to sleep due to the possibilities of what macbeth might do, he asks divine interventions to keep his morality- shows he’s a good person
• banquonis the best friend of macbeth
• witches prophesy that banquos descendants will be kings
• banquos lineage fulfill the witches prophecy
• banquo is a paragon of virtue, resisting the wishes lured
• banquo is a nobleman of scotland
• banquo embodies the idea of fate versus free will
• banquo is cautious and thoughtful
• banquos ghost haunts macbeth in the banquet scene, causing him to act erratically in front of guests
• banquo was killed by the orders of macbeth
• banquos death marks a turning point and signifies macbeths complete moral descent (no more morality)
• banquo is the thane of locaber
• banquo is wise and loyal
• banquo is suspicious