FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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Banquo
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Fleance
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Lady Macduff
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Ross
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Detailed explanation-1: -A third man joins the two whom Macbeth has already sent to kill Banquo and Fleance. The three assassins manage to kill Banquo. Fleance escapes. Enter three Murderers.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the next scene, Macbeth and his wife are hosting a great feast. On their way in, Macbeth meets with one of the murderers, who informs him that Banquo has been killed but Fleance has escaped.
Detailed explanation-3: -The murderers’ lantern is accidentally extinguished, and the job is left half-done: Although Banquo is killed, Fleance escapes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare’s play is adapted from Holinshed’s Chronicles, a history of the British Isles written during the late 16th century. In Holinshed, Fleance escapes Macbeth and flees to England, where he fathers a son who later becomes the first hereditary steward to the King of Scotland.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.