Madness and murder, it seems, never go out of style. That’s how Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” — believed to be first performed in ...

Banquo is noble and loyal to King Duncan and, unlike Macbeth, does not contemplate acting on the Witches’ predictions. In Act 3, scene 1, however, he does seem to have ambitious thoughts.

Her first appearance is in Act 3, Scene 5 ... that Hecate acts as a higher authority over the witches, and she doesn’t want them meddling in Macbeth’s fate without her involvement.