Macbeth
MACBETH
1. Banquo is dramatically as important alive as dead. Discuss
1. Banquo is dramatically as important alive as dead. Discuss
Banquo is equally important to the play dead as he is alive. Banquo poses a threat to Macbeth's fragile psyche by showing up at the banquet scene in Act 3. He drives Macbeth further into a state of paranoia and fear. He also reminds Macbeth that Banquo's son Fleance still lives and the witches have pronounced him king. This eats at Macbeth's ambition.