Banquo's Reason In Macbeth

In the play Macbeth, Macbeth’s increasing ambition and obsession to become a man paradoxically drives him farther and farther away from that as he is pushed into insanity from the guilt of his actions. Macbeth starts out as a hero, admired by all, but as an opportunity to become king is revealed, Macbeth’s obsession with becoming the greatest man he can be sends him in a mental downward spiral. Macbeth while advancing in titles, is rapidly decreasing in the sense of being a man. His murder of the king aids to his mental decline and pushes him further and further into paranoia and guilt, causing the one murder to become a string of murders, which each in turn, cause him to fold deeper and deeper into his damaged mind.
In the beginning of the play, Macbeth was described as heroic and brave, …show more content…
Macbeth and Banquo were both the embodiment of brave, as they were two men alone defeating giant enemies, with more power than a cannon charged twice. They singlehandedly destroyed the enemies of the king, proving their loyalty to the throne and their pride for their country. The thanes and nobility of Scotland talked about them with admiration and awe. Macbeth and Banquo, after the fight, go and encounter the witches. As Macbeth approaches the witches he says to Banquo “So foul and fair a day I have not seen,” (1.3.38). In this line Macbeth says that while this day has been good because of their victories, it was foul for the amount of death. This shows that Macbeth has remorse for death, and it is something that affects him emotionally. When Macbeth and Banquo come face to face with the witches, they call him something he wasn’t expecting. “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!”(1.3.48). “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!”(1.3.49). “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!”(1.3.50). At first Macbeth is confused, as he is the Thane of Glamis, but he is not the Thane