A Letter To Banquo

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Dear Fleance, Although many people have certain theories on who the third murderer is and why he committed the murder, I am here to tell you who it was. I am Hecate and I want to tell you the intentions of the third murderer. I intended to send someone to save you and your father and to prevent the murder. This is a letter to you, child of Banquo and I want to tell you the truth about the murderer, I am going to tell you why he did it and his relationship with your father, Banquo. I sent this man to save you and your father while you were both riding the horses. As foreshadowed by the two previous murderers,“But who did bid thee join with us?” (3.3.1). When your father’s familiar arrived, he did not know how to save Banquo without getting

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