Macbeth - Banquo

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 3 - 1

Answer 1

‘Rapt withal’ – he immediately notices Macbeths interest in the witch’s prophecy.

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 3 - 2

Answer 2

‘Win us with honest trifles – to betray’s’ – Banquo is rational and tells mac not to trust the witches. – moral comentry – rational and guarded view.

Question 3

Act 2 Scene 1

Answer 3

‘A heavy summons lies lead upon me’ – lead is a heavy poisonous metal foreshadowing his murder –

Question 4

Act 3 Scene 1 - 1

Answer 4

‘Thou playd’st most foully’ – suspicious of macbeth – he tries to see the best in macbeth and allows macbeth to find out where he is going and ultimately dies

Question 5

Act 3 Scene 1 - 2

Answer 5

‘A wisdom that doth guide his valour’ - two abstract nouns ‘wisdom’ ‘ valour’ – calm rationality - antithesis of Macbeth – this is what he fears

Question 6

Act 3 Scene 3

Answer 6

‘Thou mayst revenge-O slave’ - says Fleance can get revenge – he still believes somewhat in the witches prophecy – word ‘slave’ shows his anger

Question 7

Act 3 Scene 4

Answer 7

‘never shake thy gory locks at me’ – physical reincarnation of his guilt - the supernatural world conflated with the real world on stage - visual image - reflects the senseless violence perpetrated on Banquo