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54 Macbeth [Act II 

Ross. Will you to Scone? 

Macduff. No, cousin, I'll to Fife. 
Ross. Well, I will thither. 

Macduff. Well, may you see things well done 
there : adieu ! 
Lest our old robes sit easier than our new ! 
Ross. Farewell, father. 

Old Man. God's benison go with you, and with 
those 40 

That would make good of bad and friends of 
foes! 

[Exeunt. 

1. Discuss Banquo as a character-foil. 

2. Is the real tragic guilt of Macbeth in Act I or 
Act II? 

3. What is the dramatic necessity of Macbeth's killing 
Duncan ? 

4. In what sense is the appearance of Banquo and 
Fleance in Scene I a foreshadowing?