Lack lineage banquo resents macbeth's macbeth’s poor kingship

Text	Macbeth's lack of lineage Macbeth’s poor kingship is solidified by his lack of lineage and heirs. It is evident he feels emasculated by his inability to produce an heir, this is represented through his jealousy of Banquo and resentment of the Witches. Remembering the Witches’ prophecy for Banquo, he complains, “They hailed him father to a line of kings. / Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown / And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, / Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, / No son of mine succeeding,” (3.1). He resents Banquo because his sons will be kings, and he resents the Witches for ‘making’ him king without successors.

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Macbeth's lack of lineage

Macbeth’s poor kingship is solidified by his lack of lineage and heirs. It is evident he feels emasculated by his inability to produce an heir, this is represented through his jealousy of Banquo and resentment of the Witches.

Remembering the Witches’ prophecy for Banquo, he complains, “They hailed him father to a line of kings. / Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown / And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, / Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, / No son of mine succeeding,” (3.1). He resents Banquo because his sons will be kings, and he resents the Witches for ‘making’ him king without successors.

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