Banquo

• 'My bosom franchised and allegiance clear'


  Shows he is still loyal to Macbeth
• Banquo is the opposite of Macbeth as he does not let the prophecy foretold by the witches get in the way of his morals

  Does not act upon what he has been told unlike Macbeth who is ultimately corrupted by the power
• 'you should be women, and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so'


  States that they do not appear to be stereotypical women potentially as attempts to degrade them

  Something is off about the witches from the beginning
• 'I four thou played most foully for't'


  Voicing suspicion that Macbeth gained his titles through devious and supernatural means

  Suspicious of Macbeth's integrity