Macbeth act 3 scene 14/11/2023 ![]() Banquo’s sons, kings! Rather than let that happen, I’ll invite fate to come into the battleground and fight it to the death. He thinks Banquo might figure things out. Macbeth knows he’s a good guy, but he also knows that Banquo heard the prophecy. Left alone, Macbeth begins to worry out loud about Banquo. I’ve given my eternal soul to the devil so that they could become kings. When Macbeth, the newly crowned king, arrives on the scene with all his attendant lordsand his wifeBanquo plays nice and then promptly leaves. If what the witches say is true, then everything I’ve done has been for the benefit of Banquo’s children-dishonoring myself, murdering gracious Duncan, destroying my peace of mind, all for them. My crown and scepter will be taken from me by someone from outside my family. The witches put a crown on my head and a scepter in my hand, but then said that I would never pass them on. Then, like prophets, they said his descendants would form a line of kings. When the witches first said I would be king, Banquo scolded them, and told them to speak with him. Enter BANQUO BANQUO Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promised, and, I fear, Thou play'dst most foully. Learn about a recap of Act 2, Scene 4, Banquos thinking out loud about the witches prophecies. In his presence, my guardian spirit is intimidated, just as they say Mark Antony’s spirit was intimidated by Octavius Caesar. In Macbeth Act 3, Scene 1, Macbeth feels threatened by Banquo and makes plans to have him killed. ![]() He’s a risk-taker, and yet in addition to his unbreakable courage, he also has the wisdom to act with care and forethought. I’m deeply afraid of Banquo-he has a natural nobility about him that makes him a threat to me. If my position isn’t safe, then being king is worthless. If ’t be so, For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered Put rancors in the vessel of my peace Only for them and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings! Rather than so, come fate into the list, And champion me to th’ utterance. It should not stand in thy posterity, But that myself should be the root and father 5. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren scepter in my grip, Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. Thou hast it nowking, Cawdor, Glamis, all. ![]() Then, prophetlike, They hailed him father to a line of kings. He chid the sisters When first they put the name of king upon me And bade them speak to him. There is none but he Whose being I do fear, and under him My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antony’s was by Caesar. ‘Tis much he dares, And to that dauntless temper of his mind He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor To act in safety. Our fears in Banquo Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be feared. To be thus is nothing, But to be safely thus. ![]()
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