Banquo's Ghost On Stage Analysis

Banquo’s Ghost Portrayed On Stage In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, it would be more effective to have the presence of Banquo’s ghost on stage. By having Banquo’s Ghost portrayed on stage, the audience would experience more beneficial factors in contrast to not having the appearance of Banquo’s Ghost on stage. Having Banquo’s Ghost on stage will allow the majority of the audience population to better understand The Tragedy of Macbeth. The reason the majority of the audience will understand the play better is because most people are visual learners. According to a study at the University of Alabama, “65% of people are visual learners”, which means there are more than 35% of visual learners than auditory learners. This is important …show more content…
When the audience sees Banquo’s Ghost on stage, they are able to see the story through Macbeth’s eyes which helps the audience relate to him. Throughout the story when Macbeth develops as a character the audience recognizes him as a tragic hero, which means the audience will be more involved with the story. The definition of a tragic hero helps explain this: “The tragic hero will most effectively evoke both [the audience’s] pity and terror if he is neither thoroughly good nor thoroughly evil but a combination of both”, according to class notes. This means that the audience will be more engaged with Macbeth’s character when he is both a good person or bad. The audience is able to witness Macbeth as a good person in the beginning when he is pure, innocent, and respectable, for example, in the text when he is speaking to the king, Duncan: “The service and the loyalty I owe, / In doing it, pays itself. Your highness’ part / Is to receive our duties: and our duties / Are to your throne and the state children and servants; / Which do but what they should, by doing everything / Safe toward your love and honor” (I, IV, 22-27). In this piece of Macbeth’s dialogue the audience can see how he respects the king and that he is genuinely a good person at heart, especially where he states that in serving the king is its own reward and that anything we can do to protect …show more content…
If Banquo’s Ghost is on stage the audience will better understand the story and what is taking place on stage. The audience will also better understand the main character, Macbeth, because they will be able to witness the play through his point of view. If the audience were to misinterpret the main character by having Banquo’s Ghost off stage, the audience would have a greater chance of misinterpreting the entire story. If Banquo’s Ghost if off stage, the audience will also have a greater chance of misinterpreting the themes throughout the play, resulting in a misunderstanding of the entire play. Overall, it would be more effective if Banquo’s Ghost appeared on