FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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The witches had predicted that Banquo’s son would be king.
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He believes that Banquo wants to kill him and become king himself.
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He knows that Banquo wants King Duncan’s sons to become king.
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He knows that Banquo wants him to stand trial for killing King Duncan.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why does Macbeth kill Banquo? Macbeth kills Banquo because he sees Banquo as another threat to the throne. In the Witches’ original prophecy, they proclaim that Macbeth will be king but that Banquo’s son and descendants will be the future kings, while Banquo will never be king himself.
Detailed explanation-2: -Macbeth wants to know if the Witche’s prohecy about Banquo’s sons becoming kings is true, so they show him another vision of Banquo’s ghost and a line of his descendants.
Detailed explanation-3: -What are Macbeth’s feelings towards Banquo? He fears that Banquo’s sons will become kings like the prophecy and cut Macbeth’s reign short.
Detailed explanation-4: -They did not become kings in the play. The witches prophesied that they would be, which was reinforced in Act IV when Macbeth demanded to know it from the witches. But it never actually happens. The only Scottish kings in the play are Duncan, Macbeth, and then at the very end, Malcolm.
Detailed explanation-5: -They then prophesy that Banquo’s children will become kings. Macbeth demands to know more but the witches vanish.