Banquo's Predictions In Macbeth

In Macbeth the Weird sisters predict the eventual outcomes of the play. In these predictions they entice Macbeth with an offer he feels he cannot refuse. They tell him that he has the chance of having great power by becoming king. Banquo is given great predictions of his kids being kings, but he dose not obsess over it. He says, “To me you speak not. If you can look into the seeds of time and say which grain will grow and which will not speak, then, to, who neither beg nor fear your favors nor your hate”(1.3.60-64) He is truly skeptical of the witches and their intentions, but he does not latch on to it like Macbeth. The reason Macbeth becomes so lost in the witches predictions is because he wants them to be true. His reaction to the witches is one of great …show more content…
Like him she wants to become all-powerful and be king, however, Macbeth still has goodness in his heart and struggles in totally losing his humanity. When she hears the possibly of having this power she says, “What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is to full o’th’milk if human kindness”(1.5.17-18). Lady Macbeth has these evil intentions and is willing to go the next level of violence to achieve them. Macbeth is not fully filled with evil. After he kills Duncan he cannot even stay still he is full of regret. Lady Macbeth has to come in and hide the knife because Macbeth is in shock. Lady Macbeth says, “Why did you bring these daggers from the place they must lie there. Go, carry them and smear the sleep grooms with blood.” Macbeth responds saying, “I am afraid to think what I have done look on’t again I dare not.”(Act 2.2.61-67). Macbeth is still on holding on to his humanity. He wants everything she wants, but she is able convince him to commit these acts. She may bring him down the path of more evil acts and he will continue to follow in the name of the lust for power and a blatant disregard for