Quotes: Act 3 Scene 1

Question 1

Banquo soliloquy opening of the scene:
1. Macbeth’s prophecies have come true.
Banquo is suspicious of M.

2. M’s success is a good omen for Banquo

Answer 1

“Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all,
as the weird women promised; and I fear
thou played’st most foully for’t

May they not be my oracles as well,
and set me up in hope?

Question 2

Macbeth tells Banquo not to miss the feast, Banquo replies

Answer 2

Macbeth: Fail not our feast.

Banquo: My lord, I will not

Question 3

Banquo jeopardizes Macbeth’s crown

Answer 3

To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo stick deep
-Macbeth