Banquo In Macbeth

1A: Banquo: "How goes the night boy?" (2.1.1)
B: How is your night going, boy? He was asking how the night was going.
C: First quote; no comparison yet. Banquo is wondering how the night is going.
2A: Banquo: "I dreamt last night of the three Weird Sisters. / To you they have show'd some truth” (2.1.25-26)
B: Last night I dreamed about the 3 Weird Sisters. They are telling you the truth. Banquo has a dream about the 3 Weird Sisters and the prophecy. Banquo decides not to act on complete ambition unlike Macbeth who wants to protect the crown and him being crowned as King.
C: In the first passage, Banquo is simply asking how the night is going to Fleance which is odd because Banquo and his son are going to get ambushed.
3. A: Macduff: “I believe
A: Lennox: "The obscure bird / Clamored the livelong night. Some say the earth / Was feverous and did shake." (2.3.67-69)
B: The strange bird yelled all night long. Some say the Earth was sick and moved. Lennox believes the the bird yelled because something was happening during the night. Lennox also believes that the Earth was disturbed during the night.
C: The quote shows how Lennox believe that the owl was thought to be a predictor of violence.
6. A: Macbeth: ‘Twas a rough night.” (2.3.70)
B: It was a rough night. Macbeth was describing the night as rough because of his guiltiness to killing Duncan and blaming it on the guards. In addition, he said this because everyone's devastation to the murder of Duncan.
C: The quote shows how the night is rough and full of extremely bad things to come or came. It shows how nights during the play are unfortunate and dreadful to many.
7. A: a. Old Man: "...Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore / night / Hath trifled former knowings." (2.4.3-5)
B: Time is dreadful and some things are weird, only this hurtful night has made the those things superficial. The Old Man is describing how the night’s have been extremely strange and that superficial things may have
It shows how many ghostly things have happened and are to happen throughout the rest of the play. It also means that people are dreading the night and for it to arise everyday.
8. A: Ross: "By th' clock 'tis day, / And yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp. / Is't night's predominance or the day's shame / That darkness does the face of the earth entomb / When living life should kiss it?" (2.4.8-13)
B: By the clock it is day, and yet dark night puts the traveling lamp. It it the nights power or the day’s shame, The dark night buries the top of the earth, when living light should kiss it? Ross is questioning the night apart from the day.
C: The passage shows how the days just seem very shady. He is explaining how everything is falling apart and how it is all the murder’s fault, or Macbeth's fault. They are explaining how the days should be alive and filled with light by the sun but, it has been dark out regardless of night or day.
General Conclusion: "Night" is regularly utilized all through Shakespeare's works. "Night" can be utilized in many ways to intensify the end of a scene. Shakespeare uses the word “night” to display the unperfect night for many people who could be