Act 3 Study Guide 2024.

Act 3 Study Guide 2024. At the start of Act 3, Banquo expresses his unease. Rewrite this in how he is thinking - ANSWER You probably played dirty to get those positions, and I don't trust you. Worried Macbeth may do something else stupid. Who is Banquo - ANSWER Macbeth's friend and a Scottish General, whose children are predicted (by the witches) to be kings. Like Macbeth, he also has ambitions, but he doesn't project his thoughts into actions. Why is Banquos prophecy a problem for Macbeth now? - ANSWER Because now he has to take care of Fleance because he is supposed to be a king. Basically Macbeth did all the dirty work for Fleance to do nothing. Why does Macbeth not kill Banquo himself? - ANSWER Because it is beneath him as king, too emotional, and because they have connections. What does LM mean by: "Naughts had, alls spent, where our desire is got without content. Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy." - ANSWER Better to be dead like Duncan than live in uncertain happiness, never know what will happen next.