Jeremy Melissa and Cate Beforehand Macbeth has killed Duncan and been crowned king However he is still disturbed by Banquos prophecy of his children succeeding the throne rather than his own Banquo is suspicious and thinks Macbeth cheated in order to have the prophecies of the witches ID: 255937
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Act 3 Scene 1 Soliloquy
Jeremy,
Melissa
, and CateSlide2
Beforehand
Macbeth has killed Duncan and been crowned king. However, he is still disturbed by Banquo's prophecy of his children succeeding the throne rather than his own. Banquo is suspicious and thinks Macbeth cheated in order to have the prophecies of the witches come true.Slide3
To be thus is nothing;
But to be safely
thu
s.
To Macbeth,
being the king means
nothing
if he cannot be safe
as the king; he wants to keep his power as long as possible. He sees
Banquo
as a threat.
This is the beginning of a tyranny. Slide4
Macbeth expresses his strong
concern with
Banquo's
prophecy, and is
afraid he is plotting against him to take the throne for his own children.
--Our fears in
Banquo
Stick deep
; and in his
royalty of
nature
Reigns that which would be
fear’d
: ‘tis much he dares;Slide5
Macbeth comments on Banquo's
fearlessness
and complements his
virtues and soldier qualities. However, this makes him "dangerous" in Macbeth's mind.
And, to that
dauntless temper
of his mind,
He hath a wisdom that doth guide his
valour
To act in safety
.Slide6
Banquo is the only person that Macbeth fears.
Macbeth fears that Banquo will do something so that his bloodline can take power from Macbeth sooner.
Genius
: "guiding spirit"
Allusion "
Mark Antony's was by Caesar
": Antony was defeated by Ceaser. Macbeth comments that Antony's own "Genius" (or spirit) must have felt as Macbeth's presently does.
There is none but he
Whose being I do fear: and, under him,
My
Genius
is rebuked; as, it is said,
Mark Antony's was by Caesar
.Slide7
Macbeth recalls Banquo's
jealousy when Macbeth received his prophecy of becoming king
Macbeth is now jealous of
Banquo's
prophecy of "fathering a line of kings"
The throne will not be passed down to any of Macbeth's relatives, instead,
Banquo's
sons will take over the power.
This irritates him. He emphasizes this with the next few lines.
He
chid
the sisters
When first they put the name of king upon me
,
And bade them speak to him: then prophet-like.
They
hail'd
him father to a line of kings:
Upon my head they placed a
fruitless crown
,
And put a barren
sceptre
in my gripe,
Thence to be
wrench'd
with an
unlineal
hand,
No son of mine succeeding. Slide8
Slide9
Personification of fate
Macbeth challenges fate and later attempts to defy the witches' predictions by planning
Banquo's
assassination. It contrasts Duncan's murder in that previously, Macbeth did that to fulfill the prophecy.
He no longer believes in fate, since it is no longer in his favor.
Rather than so, come
fate
into the list.
And
champion me to the utterance
! Who's there!Slide10
Meaning of the play as a whole
By the end of his soliloquy, Macbeth has decided he needs to kill
Banquo
to prevent the second part of the witches’ prophecy from coming true.
The soliloquy reveals Macbeth’s moral decline; power corrupts. Before, he felt conflicted and then guilty about killing Duncan, but he is now remorseless about killing
Banquo
.
Macbeth has begun to act more like Lady Macbeth.