Banquo

• “ If you can look into the seeds of time and say which grain will grow & which will not then speak to me ”


  Metaphor

  Skeptical of the witches

  Some will succeed and some won’t - comparing fate to planting seeds

  Cautious compared to Macbeth

  King James I - daemonologie
• “ I fear thou play’dst most foully “


  Dramatic Irony

  Suspects Macbeth of killing Duncan

  Doesn’t directly confront him

  Regicide was horrifying , chosen by God

  Unnatural for Macbeth to be king
• “ Fly good fleance, fly fly fly ! “


  His final act to protect his son

  Banquo is loyal to his son

  His dying words - Macbeth knows Banquos prophecies so comes for Fleance as a threat “
• “ Never shake thy gory locks at me “


  Supernatural imagery - hallucination

  Banquos ghost haunts Macbeth representing his paranoia and guilt

  Banquos death personally torments Macbeth

  Divine punishment for Macbeth’s crimes