Macbeth: Banquo's Soliloquy
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In Macbeth, a play by William Shakespeare, Banquo's soliloquy at the
beginning of the third act explains some of his present feeling towards Macbeth.
He believes that Macbeth killed to become the King of Scotland. He explains that
he is the one who will start a chain of kings, not Macbeth. Strangel ....
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.... would be the "root and
father of many kings." In the line, "May they not be my oracles as well and set
me up in hope?", Banquo is saying that he wants the prophesies to come true for
him also and make him the king and the beginning of a long line of kings.
The main idea of his soliloquy is that Banquo knows that Macbeth killed
Duncan. Strangely enough, this soliloquy is placed two scenes before he died,
not giving him enough time to tell anyone else about his discovery. Banquo has
realized t ....
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