Banquo Act 3 Quotations

Question 1

Analyse the quotation - “As the _____ women promised”

Answer 1

weïrd

This repeated motif indicates that the witches control fate throughout the play, since the goddess Wyrd in Anglo-Saxon mythology was the goddess fate.

Question 2

Analyse the quotation - “Thou ____ it now, King, _______, Glamis, all”

Answer 2

hast, Cawdor

This is dramatic irony since Banquo appears to envy Macbeth for what he has in the present, but in reality will win in the end.

Question 3

Analyse the quotation - “But that _____ should be the ____ and father of many kings”

Answer 3

myself, root

This quotation is a repeated motif that shows how important prophecy is for the dynamic between Macbeth and Banquo.

Question 4

Analyse the quotation - “May they not be _______ as well and set me up in ____?”

Answer 4

Oracles, hope

This rhetorical question demonstrates how he doubts the legitimacy of the witches’ wisdom unlike Macbeth.

Question 5

Analyse the quotation - “Thou mayst _______”

Answer 5

revenge

Banquo’s final line represents that despite Macbeth seemingly triumphing over Banquo in this moment and time, Fleance will avenge him and this is further symbolic of the day of judgement in the contemporary Christian faith, and how the righteous always win in the end.