Banquo

After impeding a rebellion led against King Duncan, Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, and his ally Banquo, encounter three prophesizing witches whom relay their future success. With promises to Macbeth that he will not only become Thane of Cawdor but also will eventually gain the status of King, the witches, also known as the Weird Sisters, initiate an ambitious drive within the Thane. Although Banquo is promised the prosperity of his descendants, he is not as inclined to believe the sisters, resulting…

Hyde have very strong associations with evil and they very clearly show that Hyde really is “pure evil”. There is a semantic field of evil and hell in the text, mainly always referring to Hyde. He is “not like a man”, which links to Macbeth, when Banquo says the sisters should be women but their beards make him think differently. Jekyll himself describes Hyde as having an “imprint of deformity and decay”, which explains why so many people actually hate Hyde even if they do not know him…

The “temptation” of power can change a person extremely. A person in a position of power often believes that they are better than the others around them. The entitlement an individual feels after getting power can be expensive. William Shakespeare shows the “temptation” of power in Macbeth, through Macbeth’s desire to do great things to reach more power. Macbeth acts as his own enemy shown through his delusions and insecurities that ultimately, led him to be a ruined individual because of his…

Macbeth will stop at nothing to become king, he fears of what prophecies the witches have told about his friend Banquo's son that will would heir the throne. His next plan of action was to hire a group of men to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. While although he may have been able to kill Banquo, Fleance got away. This infuriated Macbeth. He knew that as long as Fleance was alive, his powers to become king would be in jeopardy. Later that evening, Banquo's ghost visits Macbeth. This frightened…

revealed because his actions reflect on his ambition to stay king. Macbeth begins by planning on killing Banquo and his son because the witches told Banquo “thou shalt get kings, thought thou be none” (1.3.68). Macbeth must kill Banquo and his son, so no one will have the opportunity to take the crown away from him. When Macbeth sends murderers to kill them, Fleance can get away while Banquo is brutally attacked; however, luckily for Macbeth, Fleance is never heard from again. When Macbeth goes…

prophecies and starts craving for the crown. “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.” (Act 1, Scene 3, Line 69) Here the witches told Banquo that he’ll be a father of kings, even though he won’t be a king himself. This makes Macbeth worried since the witches other two prophecies came true, this might be true either so Macbeth persuades some murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. When Macbeth visits the witches again in Act 4, Scene 1, they trick him into thinking he is secure. They…

Macbeth is a complicated story, full of betrayal, witchcraft and murder. In Shakespeare’s famous play, Macbeth, Macbeth is a loyal subject, who fights bravely for his king, until three witches approach him and bring him the news that he himself will be king. The story then takes a turn for the worse, as Macbeth becomes greedy for power and will do anything to take and secure it. Macbeth commits terrible crimes but then realizes what he has done. Macbeth has a theme of guilt and conscience. This…

Macbeth saves much of his disdain for Banquo, for Banquo represents all of the honorable qualities he lacks, striking a fear within Macbeth that he may only quell by ordering Banquo’s assassination. “Our fears in Banquo stick deep, and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be feared. ’Tis much he dares, and to that dauntless temper of his mind he hath a wisdom that doth…

Saying that he can “sweep him from my sight” shows that his new found power of being king is leading him to to lie to people in order to for them to kill Banquo. Also saying that Banquo is their common enemy that tried to take both the murders and him out further shows how he is trying to convince them to kill for him. In this scene, Shakespeare uses repetition of the idea of lying in order to drive home the idea that…

In Williams Shakespeare play, titled The Tragedy of Macbeth, which took place in Scotland. In the story, the main character, Macbeth, a man with hunger of pride and power of over ruling and becoming King of Scotland entices him to become someone he’s not. The significant theme, is the ambition of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth dreams of over ruling Scotland. In the beginning of The Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth reveals his ambition by being so dedicated and determined to fall through…