Banquo’s unrecognized, but significant role in Macbeth Throughout the entirety of the play, Banquo is seen as a non-important, flat, and static character. This is understandable due to the audience’s main focus being drawn to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, the main characters in the tragedy. Although, Banquo’s constant behavior throughout Macbeth is to directly affect Macbeth’s decisions and actions that he makes in the plot, ultimately leading to Banquo’s murder. Banquo’s purpose as a flat character in Macbeth is to be Macbeth’s foil throughout the play as a innocent and faultless person. To begin with, Banquo’s purpose of being a foil to Macbeth is to further show how brutal Macbeth has become as the plot progresses. This can be seen in Act
