Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
banquo :0 - Coggle Diagram
banquo :0
context
banquo was a descendant of king James I, hence why Shakespeare portrays him in such a good light
-
supernatural
-
his ghost
symbolises macbeth's inescapability of righteous people in contrast to his immoral acts, as Banquo haunts him
-
-
use in play
acts as a foil to macbeth, in order to highlight to the more moral route macbeth could have followed, due to his resistance to the witches' prophecies
-
Shakespeare hints that he's Macbeth's antithesis by comparing him as 'greater but not as great' and 'happier yet not so happy'
morality
as a notoriously moral character, Banquo presents the ability to identify evil within others
-