Banquo

In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare, Macbeth is given a prophecy by the witches who say he will become one who is praised by the people and later become the King. When told these things, he went from being a hero and noble to greedy and murderust. Throughout this play, there are multiple ways in which it was evident that Macbeth is tragedy. The elements of tragedy shown were: tragic flaw, tragic hero, antagonist, and a catastrophe. A tragic hero appear in tragedy such as this one. In act one,…

motivate characters to think selfishly and for their own benefit. They also cause the future chaos by telling Macbeth and Banquo about prophecies which puts the idea of power inside their heads. This motivates Macbeth to then turn his back on his loyal and brave personality and murder Duncan with his only intention…

handle of the dagger pointed at him and the sharp edge to the king’s chamber. And even the blood stained on the dagger he imagines it to be the king’s ultimately making him to kill the king. His imagination goes to an extent of seeing the ghost of Banquo and misinterpretation of the three aspirations showed to him by the witches when he meets them for the second time. He imagines the prophecies of the witches to be in his favour and firmly fights a war with weaker army than that of Malcomn and…

Fate and free will tend to go hand and hand because of other peoples beliefs. Some say that every think was fated to happen and it was inevitable. Others say that every decision you make was your choice and your make your own fate. A lot of people use both, saying that somethings where fated to be or not to be and others were our choices. Macbeth allowed his fate to guide him blindly and he paid the ultimate price for it. Macbeth is the perfect example of if you allow yourself to just be guide…

allows himself to become consumed by the mental images and visions that serve to further amplify his desire to commit murder and gain a hold of the throne. These paranormal occasions include that of a vision of a bloody dagger, the ghost of a bloody Banquo, and most importantly, the prophecies of three witches. The first prophecies stated by the three witches seem to be the initial spark of his continuous hunger for power, as evident through the following monologue by Macbeth: I. 3. ll. 130-142.…

The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare: the tale of a Scottish warrior named Macbeth. Convinced by witches that becoming King of Scotland is his fate, Macbeth drives himself to murder members of his kingdom. This tragedy holds an exceptional amount of images that form the piece, but one incredibly interesting aspect: the idea of children. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are the only characters in the play that do not have children. Nonetheless, all of Macbeth’s so called “enemies” have some form…

“Hell is murky!-Fie, my lord, fie! A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?-Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him” (5.1.30-34). Murder of Macduff’s family and Banquo has weigh heavily on lady Macbeth mind and become mentally ill and no doctor can cure her. Macbeth believe and fall for the witches which made him think that no one can harm him. "I bear a charmed life, which must not yield and to one of woman…

the path of destruction there was no point stopping because what was done had already been done and he could not change that. For these reasons Macbeth mostly responsible for his downfall and it was his choice to under taking the murders of Duncan, Banquo, and Macduff…

Macbeth by William Shakespeare, I Believe that the three witches are to blame about everything that has happened in this play. Because if they had never came they would have never said the prophecies about Macbeth and Macbeth wouldn't have never been told them in the first place. Reasons i believe this are because in act 1, scene 1, lines 1-5 ,pg.2,3 the witches are talking about when they will meet again and that is weird how they said it they said, “When shall we three meet again? In thunder…

In Macbeth, we have the ghost of Banquo. However, Macbeth is the only tragedy in which the dramatist has introduced the witches. The scene of the three weird sisters dancing around the cauldron with their spell must have been a fascinating sight to the audience of the Elizabethan period…