The Diary Of Banquo

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Act 1

After the victorious battle over the barbaric strangers from overseas, Macbeth and I were walking back to his own home when we crossed the heath. The heath seemed unusually misty and foggy as if a supernatural event was about to occur. I could feel the eerie presence of evil and as though something was watching us. Suddenly from almost within the mist itself three witches appeared and started hailing Macbeth and chanting prophecies. I can’t remember exactly all of them but I do remember Macbeth would become thane of Cawdor and eventually king of Scotland; even crazier was the fact that tone of the prophecies was that MY children would be kings and my blood would rule over Scotland for quite some time. The thing that scared me about that was that they also stated that I would never become king! How odd I thought, how on earth can Macbeth be made king and then my children rule after him? Then a messenger came from nowhere to tell Macbeth that he had been made the thane of Cawdor! So the first prophecy had been fulfilled. Then when we returned, the king was very pleased to see both of us for some reason. He greeted Macbeth warmly as the new thane of Cawdor although Macbeth did not look as pleased as the king. I felt slightly left out but I was still included in the celebrations.

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When we arrived at the castle the king immediately proclaimed his admiration for Macbeth’s castle. “This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle senses” were his exact words.

 Act 2

Later that night Fleance and I spoke to Macbeth in the hall, so we talked briefly and then left. When we saw him later out in the courtyard he looked a bit shaken but I thought nothing of it because a lot of people had been drinking and many were ill because of it.

Then when Macduff told me that the king ...

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