FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Macbeth only became king because of his great speaking ability; I have no hope to become king.
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Macbeth will kill me before my son becomes king; I must be careful and watch him.
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The witches were right about Macbeth (even if he cheated to get the crown); surely they must be right about me, too.
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The witches are only trying to lure me with hope; I will go speak with them to make sure they’re truthful.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which best summarizes Banquo’s main point in this soliloquy? The witches were right about macbeth (even if he cheated to get thr crown); surely they must be right about me, too. How is Lady Macbeth is feeling about Duncan’s death now? She’s unhappy and realizing that the murder wasn’t making her content.
Detailed explanation-2: -Banquo’s short soliloquy has two purposes: It reminds the audience of the details of the Witches’ prophecy in Act I, and it reveals his own suspicion that Macbeth is Duncan’s murderer. Ironically, his tone also recalls the ambitious tone of Macbeth in earlier scenes.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Act 3, scene 1, Banquo’s soliloquy reveals that he is suspicious of Macbeth, who, in becoming king, has achieved all that the Witches promised for him. Banquo senses that Macbeth engaged in foul play in order to make the Witches’ prophecy come true.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is Banquo who first describes the Witches. His words in Act 1, Scene 3 depict the Witches as stereotypical hags – ‘withered’ and ‘wild’, unearthly beings (’That look not like th’ inhabitants o’ th’ Earth’) with ‘skinny lips’, chapped (’choppy’) fingers and beards (1.3. 40–46).