FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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Banquo becomes suspicious of Macbeth and is a threat
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Macbeth dislikes Banquo and the way Banquo is treating him
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Banquo was plotting to assassinate Macbeth
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Because of the prophecy from the three witches
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Because Banquo’s wife disliked Lady Macbeth
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fearing that Banquo’s descendants will, according to the Weïrd Sisters’ predictions, take over the kingdom, Macbeth has Banquo killed.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -For Banquo, the three predictions are that he will be lesser than Macbeth but greater, he will be not as happy as Macbeth but happier, and that his sons will become kings, even though he will not.
Detailed explanation-4: -Macbeth speaks with them breifly to be sure that the murder was carried out as he had planned. The murderers assure Macbeth that Banquo’s throat has been cut and he is dead: “Thou art the best o’ th’ cutthroats” (3.4.
Detailed explanation-5: -ACT 3 What’s done is done. Based on the witches’ prophecy, Banquo suspects Macbeth of killing King Duncan. Macbeth becomes aware of these suspicions and hires assassins to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance. Banquo is murdered that night, but Fleance escapes into the darkness.