FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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Macduff
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Banquo and Fleance
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Duncan
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Ross
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Detailed explanation-1: -Now that the first part of the witches’ prophecy has come true, Macbeth feels that he must kill his friend Banquo and the young Fleance in order to prevent the second part from becoming realized.
Detailed explanation-2: -Act 1 is where we see Macbeth make the decision to murder King Duncan – he is tempted by supernatural prophecies, his own ambition, the words of his wife and an unexpected opportunity.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -What is Macbeth’s plan for murdering Banquo and Fleance? Does it work? He hires two murdered to ambush them a distance from the castle before the feast, he makes the murderers hate Banquo and challenges their manhood to get them to do it. Banquo is killed but Fleance escapes.
Detailed explanation-5: -The men Macbeth summoned appear on the scene, and it is revealed that they are actually murderers whom Macbeth has hired to kill Banquo. Macbeth reminds the murderers of the plan, insisting they make sure to kill Fleance as well.