Sinfuldeeds Hispanic (2024)

FAQs

What is the main reason Macbeth kills Banquo? ›

After Macbeth murders Duncan, the king's two sons flee, and Macbeth is crowned. Fearing that Banquo's descendants will, according to the Weïrd Sisters' predictions, take over the kingdom, Macbeth has Banquo killed.

Explanation: In Act I of Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Duncan disturbs Macbeth by announcing that he is coming to stay at Macbeth's castle. This news unsettles Macbeth because he has been entertaining murderous thoughts of becoming king, and he sees Duncan's visit as a potential obstacle to his ambition.

In Act IV, Malcolm is at first lukewarm toward Macduff because he suspects Macduff's loyalty to Scotland. He questions Macduff's motives and worries that Macduff may actually be working with Macbeth.

What is Lady Macbeth's attitude toward the murder of Duncan before it happens? She encourages it. Why do people suspect Malcolm and Donalbain of being behind Duncan's murder? Their running away makes them look guilty.

Later, Macbeth in his lust for power sees Banquo as a threat and has him murdered by three hired assassins; Banquo's son, Fleance, escapes. Banquo's ghost returns in a later scene, causing Macbeth to react with alarm in public during a feast.

Banquo's murder has been officially blamed on Fleance, who has fled. Nevertheless, both men suspect Macbeth, whom they call a “tyrant,” in the murders of Duncan and Banquo.

In the play, Macbeth and his wife murder the aged King Duncan when he comes to visit them in their castle. In reality, Macbeth killed Duncan, who was about 39, in battle, and made himself king instead. Macbeth's marriage to Kenneth III's granddaughter Gruoch strengthened his claim to the throne.

In Macbeth, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan to blame two of King Duncan's own guards for his death. As they prepare to carry out the murder, Macbeth says they will have "mark'd with blood those sleepy two of his own chamber and used their very daggers." Macbeth then murders the two guards as well to maintain this plan.

Macbeth finally faces off against Macduff, boasting that he cannot be killed by any naturally born man. Macduff reveals that he was born via Caesarean section and Macbeth resigns himself to death. Macduff slays Macbeth and hails Malcolm as the new King of Scotland.

Summary and Analysis Act V: Scene 1

Lady Macbeth has gone mad. Like her husband, she cannot find any rest, but she is suffering more clearly from a psychological disorder that causes her, as she sleepwalks, to recall fragments of the events of the murders of Duncan, Banquo, and Lady Macduff.

Why doesn't Malcolm trust Macduff? ›

Outside King Edward's palace, Malcolm speaks with Macduff, telling him that he does not trust him since he has left his family in Scotland and may be secretly working for Macbeth.

Answer and Explanation:

Malcolm doesn't trust Macduff, and knows that Macbeth would do anything to get rid of him. He lies to Macduff in order to determine where Macduff's loyalty lies.

Macbeth has the flaw of ambition. He wants to be king and follows through on his plans without considering the consequences for himself or the kingdom.

Lady Macbeth wants to kill Duncan because he is standing in between her husband and the throne. Like her husband, she is ambitious, and she knows that if his social status is elevated, hers will be as well.

What does Macbeth say the “bloody cousins” (Malcolm and Donalbain) are up to? That they are in England and Ireland, not confessing, but telling everyone lies of some kind. For what reasons does Macbeth want Banquo murdered? He sees Banquo as a threat.

In a soliloquy, Macbeth expressed his fear of the prophecy for Banquo. If the witches' prophecy for Banquo would become true, then he would be a king without any heir, and his effort to murder Duncan would be meaningless. He decided to meet the two murderers and persuaded them to murder Banquo and Fleance.

Why does Macbeth want Banquo and Fleance dead? Because the witches fortune could come true for Banquo (his sons to become kings) and Macbeth doesn't want them to have power because it is a threat to Macbeth's power (he doesn't want rivals.)

The first reason relates to the prophesy made by the witches at the beginning of the play. When the witches state that Banquo's descendants will inherit the throne, this idea makes Macbeth quite perturbed. After Macbeth kills Duncan, he realizes that he does not want to be replaced by Banquo's descendants eventually.

Banquo's murder has changed Macbeth by causing him to go mad with guilt, creating the ghost of Banquo in his mind. After he had murdered Duncan, back in Inverness, Macbeth laments after 'finding' out Duncan has been killed.