Banquo Flashcards

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Who is Banquo?

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A Scottish nobleman who, like Macbeth, impresses people with his bravery in battle

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What happens when he is with Macbeth, when they meet the three Weird Sisters?

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The Weird Sisters prophesise that he will not be king, but his sons will be

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How does Banquo react to the prophecies?

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He is much more sceptical than Macbeth, and believes the Weird Sisters are betraying them both

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How is Banquo different to Macbeth?

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He is the complete opposite, being honourable despite temptation

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Why does Macbeth have Banquo murdered?

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Because he is worried that Banquo suspects that he killed Duncan

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What is the quote starting with, “What are these…”?

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“What are these, / So wither’d and so wild in their attire, / That look not like the inhabitants o’ the Earth / And yet are on’t?” (Act 1, Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “Look, how…”?

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“Look, how our partner’s rapt” (Act 1 Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “Why do you…”?

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“Why do you start and seem to fear things that sound so fair?” (Act 1 Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “Were such things…”?

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“Were such things here as we do speak about? / Or have we eaten on the insane root, / That takes the reason prisoner” (Act 1 Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “That trusted…”?

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“That trusted home / Might yet enkindle you to the crown” (Act 1 Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “What, can…”?

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“What, can the devil speak true” (Act 1 Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “Worthy…”?

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“Worthy Macbeth, we stay upon your leisure” (Act 1 Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “And oftentimes…”?

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“And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s / In deepest consequence” (Act 1 Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “New honours…”?

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“New honours come upon him, / Like our strange garments cleave not to their mould, / But with the aid of use” (Act 1 Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “There if…”?

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“There if I grow [in Duncan’s heart], / The harvest is your own” (Act 1 Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “I dreamt…”?

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“I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters” (Act 2 Scene 1)

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What is the quote starting with, “Too cruel…”?

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“Too cruel [Duncan’s murder] anywhere / Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so” (Act 2, Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “Thou has it…”?

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“Thou has it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, / As the weird women promised, and I fear / Thou playd’st most foully for it” (Act 3 Scene 1)

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What is the quote starting with, “Oh treachery…”?

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“Oh treachery! Fly good Fleance, fly, fly, fly” (Act 3 Scene 3)