Macbeth And Banquo Analysis

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In the tragic play “Macbeth”, written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth and Banquo’s first encounter with the witches is used as a means to give the reader a look into the personalities of both men. Macbeth’s reaction to the witches is one of appropriate shock and surprise until later on in the play where we see him consumed by the words of these supernatural beings. Where as Banquo is merely curious. Shakespeare conveys this in a manner in which his audience not only understands but feels both the surprise of Macbeth and burning curiosity of his counterpart, Banquo. In the early scenes of Act I we see Macbeth and Banquo encounter the ‘three weird sisters’. It is Macbeth who first receives the prophetic words of the three witches. “All hail,

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