macbeth

• Banquou's allegiance and virtuous nature makes him a target to macbeth.
• Banquo "neither begs nor fears" the witches as he knows he is indifferent to their prophecies and takes them for what they are physically
• Deception


  • A repeated motif throughout the play
• Macbeth keeps truths from Lady Macbeth (Act 3, Scene 2), showing the breakdown of their once-close relationship
• Macduff's version of masculinity is one that is unafraid to show emotions such as grief:

  • "First I must feel it as a man"