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Macbeth (Macbeth download (1) (Key Overview (The witches prophesize that…
Macbeth
Macbeth 
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Fair is foul, and foul is fair – The Witches (Act 1, Scene 1)
If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow, and which will not, speak. – ...
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence. –
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Macbeth murders Banquo, but Fleance escapes.
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King Duncan
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Give me your hand;
Conduct me to mine host:
we love him highly,
And shall continue our graces towards him.
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King Duncan is a good king who lacks distrust of those around him. He is a generous man who wants the best for his kingdom. After he was told he would one day become king, General Macbeth desires to obtain the throne as soon as possible and murders the mild-mannered King Duncan.
Banquo
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That, trusted home, Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, Besides the thane of Cawdor. But 'tis strange. ...
Thou has it no king, Cawdor, Glamis, all. As the weird women promised, and I fear. Thou played'st most foully for 't. ...
O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou may'st revenge – O slave!
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The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches' prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne. Like Macbeth, Banquo thinks ambitious thoughts, but he does not translate those thoughts into action.
Lady Macbeth
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Lady Macbeth is even more ambitious and ruthless than her husband. As soon as an opportunity to gain power presents itself, she has a plan in mind. She uses her influence to persuade Macbeth that they are taking the right course of action and even takes part in the crime herself.