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Core Belief
"Believes in honor, loyalty, and resisting temptation, even when presented with the possibility of personal gain. He believes in a moral order and fears the consequences of defying it."
Worldview
Sees the world as a place where good and evil are in constant conflict, and where one must remain vigilant against the forces of darkness. He believes in the importance of moral integrity and the dangers of ambition.
Personality
A brave and honorable soldier, Banquo is cautious and skeptical of the witches' prophecies. He is ambitious but resists the temptation to achieve power through immoral means, representing a contrast to Macbeth.
In Their Own Words
"Good sir, why do you start and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair?"
"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s In deepest consequence."
"In the great hand of God I stand; and thence Against the undivulg’d pretence I fight Of treasonous malice."
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