Friday, February 27, 2015

Have the witches make a mistake about Banquo's sons becoming kings?Because it did not happen that way. Instead of Banquo's son, Malcolm, king...

No, they have not made a mistake. In Act 1, they tell Macbeth and Banquo that Macbeth will be king and that Banquo "shalt get kings, though thou be none". Later, Macbeth realizes that he has to kill both Banquo and Fleance, Banquo’s son, to prevent this prophecy from coming true. Macbeth plans to have both Banquo and Fleance murdered, but when the two men are ambushed, Banquo fights off the attackers and tells Fleance to get away. Fleance escapes. When Macbeth learns of his escape, he is quite upset:



"Then comes my fit again: I had else been perfect, / Whole as the marble, founded as the rock, / As broad and general as the casing air: / But now I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confined, bound in / To saucy doubts and fears.”



At the end of the play, the witches meet up with Macbeth again and show him the vision of a long line of kings descended from Banquo, so although Fleance is not the king right now, the witches show that his descendants, indeed, will one day rule Scotland.

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