Loyalty+Betrayal Flashcards
1
Q
‘gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust’
Duncan-A1S4
A
Duncan commenting on previous Thane of Cawdor (traitor)
Duncan is very trusting as a King
Duncan is not very perceptive to characters.
2
Q
‘chief guest’
Macbeth-A3S1
A
Macbeth making out that Banquo is the most important,flattering him.
Noun ‘chief’, as if special friend/guest, Macbeth knows he will not be there (murderers)
3
Q
‘weird women promised…foully for’t’
Banquo-A3S1
A
in soliloquy
fixating on witches
awareness of fate/supernatural
similarity between Macbeth and Banquo, both obsessed with the witches.
he knows that Macbeth has betrayed King and killed Duncan (regicide).
