... was not helping her because soon after she died. Banquo is Macbeth's former best friend who knows about the witches and knows that there is something-weird going on. He is an honest and loyal friend that served the king. When he realised that Macbeth killed Duncan he knew that it ... husband, Macbeth, informing her about the witches" prophecies on the possibility of Kingship. A variety of well-known topics are explored, including the revelation of the true traits of characters such as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised; yet do I fe...

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• Grade Level: High School

... tells him. Macbeth is holding a banquet that night and wants Banquo definitely out of the way for that. Macbeth hires murderers because he cannot bring himself to murder his best friend. Macbeth makes it clear that he fears Banquo, " There is none but he Whose being I do not fear; and under him My genius is rebuk"d" Macbeth states here that when ... beware of Macduff. Instead of thinking about the riddles Macbeth thinks himself higher than the supernatural. After the witches have told him three things in the past that have come true he is foolish enough to say that everything the appari...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... across three witches. They planted ideas in his mind about being becoming king, and after one of their predictions, about being Thane of Cawdor, comes true, he starts to plan what he could do. Compared to his friend, Banquo, he is extremely power hungry at this early stage- Banquo is not particularly interested in the witches" predictions, as he says that it ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... regret and guilt. It is a perversion of his nature to murder. But he cannot undo what he has done. He loses his sense of right and wrong. He kills his friend Banquo. He murders the family of Macduff. He is considered a very unjust king. Originally called the "bravest soldier," his descent into murder and betrayal is the tale of how ambition ... have played a part in it, he takes no steps against his former partner in battle. One reason for this is that he too is ambitious. If the prophecy has come true for Macbeth, he reasons, then perhaps it will too for him and he will father a line o...

• Word Count: 2918
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School