Banquo's Internal Conflicts In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

In the tragedy of Macbeth, wrote by William Shakespeare, the character Macbeth is a noble general in the Sscotland army, he is also the Thane of Glamis, and the kKing, Duncan Dunkin thinks very highly of Macbeth. His wife Lady Macbeth is unusually masculine especially for the time period. His best friend is Banquo, whom he is with when he receives a prophecy first telling him that he will become the Thane of Cawdor, then after becoming Thane of Cawdor he will become the king of Scotland. The witches also tell Banquo that his descendants would become king. After hearing the news Macbeth believes it to be true, an internal conflict arises and he does not know if he should let his fate play out without interference or if he should try to make himself become king. This internal conflict drives him to do whatever

it takes to become king, which creates a domino effect of bad decisions.
Macbeth's first bad decision is deciding to kill King Duncan. This decision is the first domino that falls in Macbeth's total defeat. Macbeth shows guilt even before he kills Duncan because he sees hallucinations before he goes in Duncan's room to kill him;. “ A dagger of the mind, a false creation Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain” (II.i.50-51). Macbeth hallucinates a floating dagger because of the stress he is under. Once Macbeth kills Duncan he hears voices in his head as an effect of what happens because of what he did. Macbeth then kills the guards when they wake up because he could not let them say that Lady Macbeth got them drunk to make them less vigilant;. “ O, yet I do repent me of my fury, That I did kill them” (II.iii.124-125). Macbeth claims he killed the guards out of anger after he realized what they did. Killing Dunkin then leads him to kill his best friend Banquo.
After Macbeth Kills King Duncan he becomes king, which is his goal, this makes him trust in the witches more.

He starts to get suspicious of Banquo because of the prophecy the witches give him;. “Thou shall get kings, though thou will be none” (I.iii.70). Macbeth is worried that Banquo's children kids will become king so he makes another bad decision and decides to kill Banquo and his son so that he will not have any more descendants that could take over. Macbeth sends murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance;. “I will advise you where to plant yourselves, Acquaint you with the perfect spy o' th' time, The moment on ’t; for ’t must be done tonight, And something from the palace; always thought That I require a clearness. And with him—To leave no rubs nor botches in the work— Fleance, his son, that keeps him company” (III.i.134-140). The murderers successfully kill Banquo but Fleance escapes. Because of Macbeth’s hand in murdering his best friend Banquo he hallucinates. “(to GHOST) Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake thy gory locks at me” (III.iv.61-63). He is hallucinating Banquo’s ghost because of his guilt. Macbeth still has to worry about

Fleance.
Macbeth meets again with the witches and they show him three apparitions. The first is an armored head and the witches tell him to beware of Macduff;. “Beware Macduff. Beware the thane of Fife” (IV.i.82-83). The second apparition is of a bloody child and the witches tell him no man born of a woman can harm him which builds up his confidence. The And the third apparition shows a person holding a tree and the witches say no one can hurt Macbeth until Birnam wood comes to Dunsinane, this also build up Macbeth's confidence. Macbeth soon hears that Macduff has fled to England to talk to Malcolm. Macbeth becomes worried so he sends murderers to go and kill all of Macduff's family. Macduff plans to over through Macbeth with Malcolm's army. Macbeth realizes that the first apparition warning of Macduff is coming true and he becomes worried. Macduff finds out what Macbeth has done to his family;. “Your castle is surprised, your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered. To relate the manner, Were, on the quarry of these murdered deer To add the death of you” (IV.iii.240-242). When Macduff learns of this it does not make him give up, it just motivates him more.Macduff and Malcolm plan their attack and when Malcolm's army is hiding in Birnam Wwood they all grab a branch and approach Dunsinane, this appears as though birnam woods is moving. When Macbeth sees this he loses hope because he knows his is going to be defeated. Then Macduff goes to kill Macbeth personally. Then Macduff tells Macbeth that he was not born of his mother's womb and that he was ripped out. This is when Macbeth faces his final defeat and Macduff beheads Macbeth.
In Macbeth, Macbeth is told a prophecy that leads to an internal conflict. This internal conflict caused him stress and eventually lead him to kill King Duncan. After he killed King Duncan this leads to a domino effect of Macbeth making bad decisions and deciding to kill the guards, King Duncan, Banquo, and Macduff's whole family. All of these bad decisions Macbeth makes ultimately leads to his downfall and eve