FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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Banquo is a traitor
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the witches prophecy
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Lady Macbeth wants him to
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Fleance conspired to kill Macbeth
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Detailed explanation-1: -After prophesying that Macbeth will become king, the witches tell Banquo that he will not be king himself, but that his descendants will be. Later, Macbeth in his lust for power sees Banquo as a threat and has him murdered by three hired assassins; Banquo’s son, Fleance, escapes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Macbeth’s motive for killing them is that he wants the throne and does not want to risk the Three Witches prophecy that Banquo’s heirs will be kings and not Macbeth’s heirs instead.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Witches’ Prophecy They then prophesy that Banquo’s children will become kings. Macbeth demands to know more but the witches vanish. Ross and Angus arrive to tell Macbeth that he has been given the title Thane of Cawdor by Duncan.
Detailed explanation-4: -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. But, as Fleance’s survival suggests, there can be no escape from the witches’ prophecies.
Detailed explanation-5: -The witches have instilled the seed of ambition in Macbeth by their prophecies which satiated his thirst of becoming the undisputed monarch of Scotland.