Banquo
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- Created on: 18-03-17 14:34
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- Banquo
- Banquo is more honourable than Macbeth
- Banquo is a thane like Macbeth, he's there when the witches first make their prophecies (prediction about future)
- Banquo is praised for his courage in battle
- Macbeth is guided by his own selfish desires
- He has "a wisdom that doth guide his valour"
- noun "valour" - great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle
- Shows his courage in battle
- Suggests he thinks before he acts and does what is right.
- noun "valour" - great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle
- Banquo is ambitious (strong ambition to acheive something)
- He hopes the witches prophecies come true
- He doesn't act on their predictions
- Shows the path that Macbeth could have chosen
- He doesn't act on their predictions
- Banquo isn't corrupted by ambition like Macbeth is, so he remains homourable
- He hopes the witches prophecies come true
- Macbeth promises to "honour" Banquo for his loylty, but Banquo chooses to keep his "allegiance clear"
- Noun "Allegiance" loyalty or commitment to a superior or cause
- His conscience is more important to him than power and glory
- Banquo is...
- Brave
- "That dauntless temper of his mind"
- Adjective "dauntless" showing fearlessness and determination
- "That dauntless temper of his mind"
- Noble
- "Noble Banquo / that hast no less deserved"
- He doesn't deserve anything less than success
- "Noble" adjective, high moral principles
- "Noble Banquo / that hast no less deserved"
- Wise
- "The instruments of darkness tell us truths / win us with honest trifles - to betrays"
- "Instruments of darkness" refers to the witches
- "The instruments of darkness tell us truths / win us with honest trifles - to betrays"
- Brave
- Banquo doesn't trust the witches
- Banquo behaves rationally (in a sensible manner) when he meet the witches
- he questions whether they are real and doesn't trust them
- In contrats Macbeth wants to fin out more and is "rapt withal" (fascinated with them)
- he questions whether they are real and doesn't trust them
- Banquo tells the witches "neither beg nor fear / your favours" but is still intrigued as to what they have to say
- He admits to having "dreamt last night of the three weird sisters"
- Suggests he's still thinking about the predictions
- He admits to having "dreamt last night of the three weird sisters"
- Banquo behaves rationally (in a sensible manner) when he meet the witches
- He doesn't act to protect himself
- Banquo suspects that Macbeth killed Duncan however he doesn't act on his suspicions
- "I fear / Thou play'dst most foully"
- Banquo suspects that Macbeth killed Duncan however he doesn't act on his suspicions
- Banquo is more honourable than Macbeth
- Theme - Reality and Appearance
- Banquos aware the witches could be "fantastical" and is perceptive enough to realise that they are "instruments of darkness" that could "win us to our harm"
- He's more cautious about believing what he sees than Macbeth is
- Reminds himself he will be the "father / of many kings"
- Shows ambitious thoughts can distract even the most honourable of characters
- Banquo suspects that Macbeth killed Duncan however he doesn't act on his suspicions
- "I fear / Thou play'dst most foully"
- Macbeth sees Banquo as a threat
- He says there is no one except Banquo "Whose being I do fear"
- He doesn't act to protect himself
- When Macbeths hired killers surround him Banquo's exclamation of "O, treachery" shows he didn't suspect Macbeth to kill him
- Theme - Supernatural
- Macbeth is haunted by Banquos ghost
- shows how guilty Macbeth feels about killiing his honourable friend
- Banquo
- Banquo is more honourable than Macbeth
- Banquo is a thane like Macbeth, he's there when the witches first make their prophecies (prediction about future)
- Banquo is praised for his courage in battle
- Macbeth is guided by his own selfish desires
- He has "a wisdom that doth guide his valour"
- noun "valour" - great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle
- Shows his courage in battle
- Suggests he thinks before he acts and does what is right.
- noun "valour" - great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle
- Banquo is ambitious (strong ambition to acheive something)
- He hopes the witches prophecies come true
- He doesn't act on their predictions
- Shows the path that Macbeth could have chosen
- He doesn't act on their predictions
- Banquo isn't corrupted by ambition like Macbeth is, so he remains homourable
- He hopes the witches prophecies come true
- Macbeth promises to "honour" Banquo for his loylty, but Banquo chooses to keep his "allegiance clear"
- Noun "Allegiance" loyalty or commitment to a superior or cause
- His conscience is more important to him than power and glory
- Banquo is...
- Brave
- "That dauntless temper of his mind"
- Adjective "dauntless" showing fearlessness and determination
- "That dauntless temper of his mind"
- Noble
- "Noble Banquo / that hast no less deserved"
- He doesn't deserve anything less than success
- "Noble" adjective, high moral principles
- "Noble Banquo / that hast no less deserved"
- Wise
- "The instruments of darkness tell us truths / win us with honest trifles - to betrays"
- "Instruments of darkness" refers to the witches
- "The instruments of darkness tell us truths / win us with honest trifles - to betrays"
- Brave
- Banquo doesn't trust the witches
- Banquo behaves rationally (in a sensible manner) when he meet the witches
- he questions whether they are real and doesn't trust them
- In contrats Macbeth wants to fin out more and is "rapt withal" (fascinated with them)
- he questions whether they are real and doesn't trust them
- Banquo tells the witches "neither beg nor fear / your favours" but is still intrigued as to what they have to say
- He admits to having "dreamt last night of the three weird sisters"
- Suggests he's still thinking about the predictions
- He admits to having "dreamt last night of the three weird sisters"
- Banquo behaves rationally (in a sensible manner) when he meet the witches
- Banquo is more honourable than Macbeth
- Macbeth is haunted by Banquos ghost
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