Think of someone who is trustworthy, smart, and would do anything for anyone they care about. Now imagine if they killed their best friend to get something they wanted. Some could describe Macbeth and Banquo as the best of friends, or they could be described as sworn enemies which lead to Banquo’s murder lead by Macbeth. In the play Macbeth, Macbeth and Banquo met three women in the play named the Weïrd Sisters. These women told them three predictions of their future. They told Macbeth that he would Thane of Cawdor and Glamis and that he would be the next king. Then they told Banquo that he will not be as happy or greater than Macbeth, but he will be happier and greater than he was at that currant moment. The Weïrd Sisters gave Banquo his final
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Once Macbeth was king, he remembered that the Weïrd Sisters said that Banquo would have a long line of kings and Macbeth wouldn’t have any. In the play Macbeth, when Macbeth and Banquo first meet the Weïrd Sisters they tell Banquo, “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none./So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!” (1.3 70-71). Neither Macbeth or Banquo believed the sisters until after Macbeth’s other prophecies started coming true. Macbeth then realized Banquo and his son was standing in the way of him being king longer. Macbeth wanted to make all his predictions come true and wanted to do anything to keep …show more content…
Macbeth killed King Duncan so he would be king like the Weïrd Sisters said. Banquo is the only person, other than Macbeth, who was there and knows exactly what the Weïrd Sisters said. In a moment to himself, Banquo reflects on all the events that have happened. Banquo says, “Thou hast it now-King, Cawdor, Glamis, all/ As the Weïrd Women promised, and I fear/ Thou played’st most foully for ‘t. Yet it was said/ It should not stand in thy posterity,/ But that myself should be the root and father/ Of many kings. If there come truth from them/ (As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine)/ Why, by the verities on thee made good,/ May they not be my oracles as well,/ And set in my hope? But hush, no more” (3.1 1-10). Banquo begins to think that if the sisters were right about Macbeth then they will be right about him. He also thinks about how odd it is that Macbeth is king right after the Weïrd Sisters said he would. Macbeth didn’t want Banquo to tell anyone what he knew and sent the Three Murderers after him and his son,
Once Macbeth was king, he remembered that the Weïrd Sisters said that Banquo would have a long line of kings and Macbeth wouldn’t have any. In the play Macbeth, when Macbeth and Banquo first meet the Weïrd Sisters they tell Banquo, “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none./So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!” (1.3 70-71). Neither Macbeth or Banquo believed the sisters until after Macbeth’s other prophecies started coming true. Macbeth then realized Banquo and his son was standing in the way of him being king longer. Macbeth wanted to make all his predictions come true and wanted to do anything to keep …show more content…
Macbeth killed King Duncan so he would be king like the Weïrd Sisters said. Banquo is the only person, other than Macbeth, who was there and knows exactly what the Weïrd Sisters said. In a moment to himself, Banquo reflects on all the events that have happened. Banquo says, “Thou hast it now-King, Cawdor, Glamis, all/ As the Weïrd Women promised, and I fear/ Thou played’st most foully for ‘t. Yet it was said/ It should not stand in thy posterity,/ But that myself should be the root and father/ Of many kings. If there come truth from them/ (As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine)/ Why, by the verities on thee made good,/ May they not be my oracles as well,/ And set in my hope? But hush, no more” (3.1 1-10). Banquo begins to think that if the sisters were right about Macbeth then they will be right about him. He also thinks about how odd it is that Macbeth is king right after the Weïrd Sisters said he would. Macbeth didn’t want Banquo to tell anyone what he knew and sent the Three Murderers after him and his son,