Banquo is mindful of the witches’ predictions and suspects Macbeth of foul play. What gives him confidence is that fact that his own children will be Kings.
Macbeth persuades Banquo to come to his new palace at Forres for a banquet. Macbeth realizes that the witches’ third prediction concerning Banquo threatens his hold on the crown. He arranges for two hired murderers to dispose of Banquo and Fleance.
Ananlysis:
Banquo suspects Macbeth, but it is his own ambition—the possibility that the prophecy might be true for him too—that occupies his mind.
Macbeth wants to kill Banquo because he resents Banquo’s honor and because the prophecy makes Banquo a threat. Also, Macbeth’s guilt at murdering Duncan makes him want that murder to be “worthwhile.” Macbeth’s guilt about one crime pushes him to commit another.
Macbeth uses the same methods to get the murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance that Lady Macbeth used against Macbeth: he questions their manhood.
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