Banquo's Presentation Of Manhood In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

When you think about a man what are the first things that come to mind? Is it that a man is more strong-willed or maybe it’s that usually a man is more likely to admit that they are wrong, but only if there are around a woman. Now, I would like you to take a minute and think about what it truly means to be a man. Is it being honest and helpful or maybe brave and able to take terrible news without crying. To me being a true man is to be someone who is always there when you can use some help, no matter how much work he has to do. A real man is strong, both physically, but also emotionally; someone who never gives up no matter what the situation may be. These are mainly things that I think about when I think about my father, personally I think
Now Banquo throughout the entire play is actually thought to be a bigger, better man that Macbeth anyway. Not only does Banquo fight alongside Macbeth in the major battle, but he is also given prophesies by the three witches and doesn’t take them to hear too much. Banquo takes the words of the witches as lies and really doesn’t even think twice of them until after Macbeth is given the title of Thane of Cawdor; Macbeth on the other hand decides to live by those words from minute one. Another reason that Banquo is considered to be a better man that Macbeth is quite obvious he doesn’t murders someone who has done nothing but good things for him, such as Macbeth does with Duncan. Duncan did nothing but good things for Macbeth; he gave him the title Thane of Glamis and then Thane of Cawdor. Up until the point that he is murdered out of the play Duncan has done nothing but good things for Macbeth, not only has he given him two well admired titles, but he has also praised him for being such a great guy, Banquo on the other hand has only been told thank you for his services. Now I think that was Banquo I would be a little ticked if all I got was a pat on the back when my best friend who did the same as me got a promotion to second-in-command of Scotland. At now point though do we see Banquo feeling mistreated or underappreciated, he only continues to served get on with his life, this to me makes his a better man. The only time that we even catch a glims of Banquo’s inner feelings is when he questions whether or not Macbeth had anything to do with Duncan’s murder, but he doesn’t do any follow up with it. Banquo is also seen as a better man that Macbeth is because Macbeth has him, his best friend, murdered for no legitimate reason. We see this in act three scene three lines 16-19: “Let it come down. O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly,