Macbeth and Banquo - Praneeth Lakshman, The Tiffin School

If not the effect of visions on how events play out, one would be hard-pressed to label any other particular theme so vividly explored by Shakespeare. Embodied and channelled by the supernatural Witches, these premonitions form a catalyst that accelerates the development of the eponymous character, but also serves as a point of inflection from which he becomes different to the characters he once seemed similar to. Banquo is the most prime example to showcase this acceleration by Macbeth, st