2006-11-02 04:12:14 · 5 answers · asked by edwardchen4 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
It's an objectification of Macbeth's guilty conscience.
2006-11-02 07:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by bot_parody 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, anytime you kill someone and they come back to haunt you, it's probably not a good thing.
People die in "Macbeth" because they ASSUME that there's a moral line that Macbeth won't cross. Kill a King? Nah, he wouldn't do THAT.
Wrong.
Kill his best friend (Banquo) and try to kill his son (Fleance), too? Nah, he wouldn't do THAT.
Wrong.
Kill Macduff's defenseless wife and child? Nah, he wouldn't do THAT.
Wrong.
So, the fact that Macbeth orders Banquo's murder is a further indication that the guy respects no moral boundaries. The fact of Banquo's Ghost appearing at the banquet is a graphic manifestation of the GUILT that Macbeth will have to bear for the remainder of his life.
2006-11-02 09:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by shkspr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well...there's nothing that I can say that hasn't already been said about the representation of Banquo's ghost. It's just the disturbance of an innocent soul by painful suspicions of Macbeth's guilty intentions and wishes.
2006-11-03 22:49:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-16 20:04:09 · answer #4 · answered by Carlota 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Banquo was Macbeth's best friend whom he killed in his blind ambition for the throne.
Banquo's Ghost essentially represents what is left of Macbeth's conscious gnawing at him as he descends further and further into the realm of debauchery and lust for power.
2006-11-02 04:26:18 · answer #5 · answered by raven_21633 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋