FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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He has his soldiers attack them, Banquo is wounded but Fleance dies
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He poisons their meal and they both die
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He plans to kill them that night. They find out and both escape
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He gets two convicted murderers to wait along the road and ambush them. Banquo is killed but Fleance escapes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Because of Banquo’s history with Macbeth, Macbeth feels that he cannot kill his friend by his own hand, so he hires two hitmen and then a third murderer to take out Banquo and Fleance.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is Macbeth’s plan for killing Banquo and Fleance? Does it work? He gets two convicted murderers to wait along the road to ambush them. The murderers kill Banquo, but Fleance escapes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Macbeth wants Banquo and Fleance dead because of Banquo’s prophecies from the three witches. Although Macbeth was promised the kingdom, Banquo was told his sons would be kings. In Act III, Macbeth says that ‘’There is none but he/Whose being I do fear: and, under him, /My Genius is rebuked.
Detailed explanation-4: -The murderers ambush Banquo and Fleance on their way to the castle. They kill Banquo, but his son manages to run away. At the banquet, one of the murderers appears at the door to tell Macbeth the news of Banquo’s death, and Fleance’s escape.
Detailed explanation-5: -In what part of Macbeth’s plan do the two murderers succeed, and in what part do they fail? Macbeth’s plan to murder both Banquo and Fleance are only successful in part. When he sends out the two guards, they succeed in only stabbing Banquo and not Fleance, who gets to escape.