This presentation talks about the character sketch of banquo from The Play 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' by William Shakespeare.

1. Character of
Banquo
Presented by:
Emisha Ravani M.
emisharavani3459@gmail.com
Sem 1
Roll no. 10
Paper name: paper no. 101 , Literature of the
Elizabethan and restoration periods
MKBU, department of English

2. Main characters:
● Macbeth
● Lady Macbeth
● Macduff
● Three witches
● Malcolm
● Banquo
● King Duncan

3. Points to ponder
● Banquo as a loyal person
● Less ambitious than Macbeth
● Painted with positive light
● Ghost scene of Banquo
● How Banquo is a foil to Macbeth?
● Opposite personalities

4. Banquo as a loyal
● Banquo is as important as
Macbeth to king Duncan.
● Kind
● Caring
● Loyal
● Trustworthy
● Brave
● Nobel general
● Not dynamic
though
Presenceworthy

5. Less ambitious than Macbeth
Banquo is Macbeth's best friend, and the Witches promise
him that his descendants will be future kings of Scotland.
This prediction puts him in mortal danger with Macbeth.
Macbeth is so worried about losing the throne that he is
willing even to kill his best friend in an attempt to cheat fate.

6. Painted with positive light
Shakespeare used to put the character like
banquo in his work to paint such kind of
positivity against the protagonist.

7. Ghost scene of Banquo
it is Banquo’s ghost—and not
Duncan’s—that haunts Macbeth. In
addition to embodying Macbeth’s
guilt for killing Banquo, the ghost also
reminds Macbeth that he did not
emulate Banquo’s reaction to the
witches’ prophecy.

8. How Banquo is a foil to Macbeth
A foil’s purpose in literature is to provide contrast and advance the
protagonist’s character in way that spurs the protagonist into action. In
Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Shakespeare shows how Banquo is a direct foil to
Macbeth and how Banquo’s presence in the play also develops Macbeth’s
character. Throughout the play Macbeth and Banquo characters are contrasted
on many different occasions, for example the witches’ prophecies and how
they both react to them, their specific character traits, and lastly their
relationship and how to degrades throughout the play. Shakespeare presents
these two characters as complete opposites, which gives the audience a
chance to connect with Macbeth as his character advances through the plot
and in character.

9. Opposite personalities
We can see in the play that Macbeth and Banquo
both are armies of king Duncan but very different
personalities. According to some critics
Shakespeare tried to portrayed good and evil in
the sides of king Duncan by his strength.

10. References:
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/macbeth/characters/banquo
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11. Thank you