Question

Choose statements related to Banquo

• A. The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches' prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne.
• B. The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches' prophecy, will not inherit the Scottish throne.
• C. Represents Macbeth's path
• D. Non of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

A. The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches' prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne.

• In a sense, Banquo's character stands as a rebuke to Macbeth, since he represents the path Macbeth choose not to take: a path in which ambition need not lead to betrayal and murder.