Macbeth - Banquo Flashcards
Act 1 Scene 3 - 1
‘Rapt withal’ – he immediately notices Macbeths interest in the witch’s prophecy.
Act 1 Scene 3 - 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.
Act 2 Scene 1
‘A heavy summons lies lead upon me’ – lead is a heavy poisonous metal foreshadowing his murder –
Act 3 Scene 1 - 1
‘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
Act 3 Scene 1 - 2
‘A wisdom that doth guide his valour’ - two abstract nouns ‘wisdom’ ‘ valour’ – calm rationality - antithesis of Macbeth – this is what he fears
Act 3 Scene 3
‘Thou mayst revenge-O slave’ - says Fleance can get revenge – he still believes somewhat in the witches prophecy – word ‘slave’ shows his anger
Act 3 Scene 4
‘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