Character Analysis: Banquo

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Summary

TLDRVideo ini membahas karakter Banquo dalam drama Macbeth, menjelaskan perannya sebagai foil bagi Macbeth. Meskipun Banquo dan Macbeth memiliki kesamaan sebagai prajurit yang dihormati, tindakan mereka setelah bertemu dengan penyihir sangat berbeda. Banquo skeptis terhadap ramalan, sementara Macbeth terobsesi dengan takdirnya. Banquo digambarkan sebagai karakter yang lebih baik, tetapi juga memiliki kompleksitas dan keraguan yang membuatnya tidak sepenuhnya baik. Video ini mengeksplorasi tema kebaikan dan kejahatan dalam karakter Banquo dan Macbeth.

Takeaways

  • 🛡️ Banquo berfungsi sebagai foil bagi Macbeth.
  • ⚔️ Keduanya adalah prajurit yang dihormati.
  • 🔮 Banquo skeptis terhadap ramalan penyihir.
  • 👑 Macbeth terobsesi dengan takdirnya.
  • 🤔 Banquo memiliki keraguan dan ketidakpastian.
  • ⚖️ Banquo percaya dia bisa mendapatkan keuntungan dari Macbeth.
  • 💔 Kebaikan Banquo berkontradiksi dengan kejahatan Macbeth.
  • 📜 Banquo digambarkan lebih positif oleh Shakespeare.
  • 🧠 Karakter Banquo menunjukkan kompleksitas manusia.
  • ⚔️ Akhirnya, kebaikan Banquo membawanya pada kematian.

Timeline

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    Video iki ngrembug karakter Banquo ing 'Macbeth', sing dadi foil kanggo Macbeth. Banquo lan Macbeth padha-padha kapten ing tentara lan dihormati, nanging tumindak sawise ketemu karo para penyihir beda. Banquo skeptis marang ramalan, dene Macbeth tumindak kanthi kekerasan. Shakespeare ngowahi karakter Banquo supaya luwih positif, amarga dipercaya yen Raja James I minangka keturunan Banquo. Banquo ora ambisius kaya Macbeth, nanging dheweke uga duwe pikiran sing 'terkutuk' lan curiga marang Macbeth. Sanajan Banquo ora langsung nglawan, dheweke percaya bisa entuk keuntungan saka posisi Macbeth. Akhire, kebaikan Banquo sing nggawe dheweke mati, amarga Macbeth wedi marang kebijaksanaan lan kebaikane. Banquo minangka karakter kompleks sing nuduhake kontras antarane kebaikan lan kejahatan, lan Shakespeare ngidini nuansa ing karakter kasebut.

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Video Q&A

  • Apa fungsi Banquo dalam drama Macbeth?

    Banquo berfungsi sebagai foil bagi Macbeth, menyoroti perbedaan karakter dan tindakan mereka.

  • Bagaimana Banquo dan Macbeth digambarkan dalam drama?

    Keduanya digambarkan sebagai prajurit yang berani dan dihormati, tetapi tindakan mereka setelah bertemu penyihir sangat berbeda.

  • Apa yang terjadi setelah Banquo dan Macbeth menerima ramalan dari penyihir?

    Banquo skeptis dan tidak terpengaruh, sementara Macbeth terobsesi dan mengambil tindakan kekerasan.

  • Mengapa Banquo tidak melawan Macbeth setelah pembunuhan Duncan?

    Banquo percaya bahwa dia bisa mendapatkan keuntungan dari posisi Macbeth sebagai raja.

  • Apa yang membuat karakter Banquo kompleks?

    Banquo memiliki keraguan dan ketidakpastian, yang menunjukkan bahwa dia tidak sepenuhnya baik.

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  • 00:00:00
    hello everybody and welcome to today's
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    video where we're going to look at the
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    character of banquo in macbeth
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    one of banquo's functions in the play is
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    to operate as a foil to macbeth
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    a foil is a character who contrasts
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    another character
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    usually the protagonist to highlight
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    certain things about them
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    in many ways shakespeare presents banquo
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    as similar to macbeth
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    both are captains in the army referred
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    to by duncan as
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    our captains macbeth and banquo in act 1
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    scene 2.
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    both are brave warriors as explained by
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    the sergeant in the same scene
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    who tells of how they were as cannons
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    overcharged with double cracks
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    both are well respected in act 1 scene 4
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    duncan refers to banquo as noble the
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    same word used two scenes earlier to
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    describe macbeth
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    however where the characters really
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    differ is in their actions following
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    meeting the witches
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    in act 1 scene 3. macbeth receives three
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    prophecies which include the statement
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    that he will one day be king
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    and banquo receives one prophecy that
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    although he won't be king himself
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    his descendants will be the witches
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    prophesied to both macbeth and banquo
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    but banquo is skeptical and wary telling
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    the witches that he does
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    neither beg nor fear your favors or your
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    hate
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    macbeth's reaction is different when the
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    witches prophesy he will one day be king
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    banquo asks macbeth why do you start
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    meaning
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    why are you so startled the reaction of
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    macbeth is all the more notable
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    when compared to that of banquo despite
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    the fact that both of these men
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    of equal position in the social
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    hierarchy receive prophecies from the
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    weird sisters
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    only macbeth takes matters into his own
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    hands and embarks on his bloody campaign
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    of violence
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    banquo doesn't succumb to the prophecies
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    in the same way as macbeth
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    because he doesn't have the same
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    hermatia or fatal flaw
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    see my character analysis video on
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    macbeth for more about that
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    it appears that banquo is not ambitious
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    in the way that macbeth
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    is shakespeare's source material for the
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    play was hollins heads chronicles
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    a history book in which there is a
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    retelling of the true story
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    of king macbeth of scotland but
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    shakespeare's play differs from
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    holland's head when it comes to the
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    character of banquo who in the source
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    material was part of the plot to kill
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    the king
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    shakespeare alters this in his own play
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    to paint banquo in a more positive light
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    possibly because it was believed that
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    king james the first was a descendant of
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    banquo
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    remember banquo's prophecy was that his
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    descendants would be kings
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    shakespeare's own king was said to be
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    one of these in this light banquo would
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    have to be presented
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    in a sympathetic manner by shakespeare
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    however there is another way to look at
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    the character of banquo
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    in act 2 scene 1 banquo asks his son
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    fliance to take my sword
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    he admits he does not want to go to
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    sleep because of the cursed thoughts
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    he's been having
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    what are these cursed thoughts well a
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    few moments later
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    banquo informs the newly arrived macbeth
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    i dreamt last night of the three weird
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    sisters
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    when we put all this together could it
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    be that banquo gave his sword to fliance
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    because he couldn't trust himself not to
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    do something evil with it
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    shortly after the murder of king duncan
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    banquel remarks that macbeth has it all
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    now
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    but fears that he played most foully for
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    it
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    this is an acknowledgment that bancro
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    suspects macbeth
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    but why does banquo not sound the alarm
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    why does he not raise objections or even
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    refuse to support the new king
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    like macduff does a line in the previous
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    act gives us a good idea
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    in act 2 scene 1 macbeth tells banquo
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    that he should
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    cleave to my consent meaning stay loyal
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    to me
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    and when the time comes it will work out
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    well for him banquo's response is very
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    vague and he simply says that so long as
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    he loses no honour by doing so
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    he will so banquo believes he stands to
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    gain from macbeth's position as king
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    and this is perhaps why he keeps his
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    thoughts to himself about the evil act
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    his friend has committed
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    ultimately however bancro's resistance
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    to evil and his goodness are what cost
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    him his life
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    when macbeth agonizes over the decision
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    to kill his friend
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    he refers to banquo's wisdom that doth
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    guide his valor in act 3 scene 1.
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    macbeth is acknowledging that the thing
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    he fears most about banquo is his good
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    and wise nature
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    many critics observe that macbeth
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    representing evil
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    and banquo representing good cannot
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    exist together
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    only one can survive whether shakespeare
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    was simply rewriting the history books
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    in order to please king james the first
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    or rewriting his source material to tell
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    an even better story
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    banquo is a character that is often
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    misunderstood in terms of his complexity
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    he is good where macbeth is evil and he
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    leaves things up to chance where macbeth
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    takes fate into his own hands
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    the character of banquo complements
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    macbeth insofar as he highlights
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    macbeth's downfall
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    but banquo himself is no angel his
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    actions and his indecision in the face
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    of treason
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    paint him out to be a more complex
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    character than we may imagine
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    perhaps shakespeare is allowing for the
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    fact that nobody is perfect
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    no person is all good or all evil but
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    the conflict within macbeth that leads
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    him to do evil
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    deeds appears to have the opposite
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    result in banquo
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    yet more evidence of shakespeare's
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    fascination with complex characters
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    contrasts and opposites if you found
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  • Macbeth
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  • drama
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