Role Of Banquo In Macbeth

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This is explained in more depth through the reaction of Banquo, and his response to the death of King Duncan when it says,"… Fears and scruples shake us. In the great hand of God, I stand, and thence against the undivulged pretence I fight…”. Here Banquo is saying in Act 2 scene 3, that no individual can be accused for committing such a crime and that he must have been killed for some unknown reason. Macbeth murdered Duncan out of greed, and a desperation and lethal hunger to become King. Macbeth thrived when he was in control and figured that if he murdered the King, he would be able to obtain that control. A well-respected and valued man was murdered due to another man’s uncontrollable greed. This tragedy is inhuman.
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