Explain this quote from macbeth.

to be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus-- our fears in banquo stick deep, and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be feared. 'tis much he dares; and to that dauntless temper of his mind he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety. there is none but he whose being i do fear; and under him my genius is rebuked, as it is said, marc antony's was by caesar.

Background Information

This scene takes place in Act 3 (the climax of the play) after a conversation that Macbeth and Banquo have. In the latter, Banquo suspects of how Macbeth might have become the king, especially because he was present during the Witches' prediction.

Answer

Macbeth believes that his position as a king is not safe, so he says "to be the king means nothing if my position is threatened" There are two facts that don't let Macbeth be the king safely: One is that Banquo suspects of him, and the second one is that Banquo also received a prophecy from the witches saying that he would be "father to a line of kings". Macbeth wants the kingdom only for himself and he doesn't want Banquo's sons to overthrone him.

That is why he says after this:

Macbeth admits that he is afraid of Banquo, and he is afraid of how noble and loyal he is to the true king.

Banquo is very corageous and wise when he has to do something.

Banquo is the only person in the world I'm afraid of. Macbeth is afraid of Banquo because he is the only one that knows about the witches' prediction (therefore he suspects of him) and because his sons would be the future kings. Bear in mind that Macbeth's tragic flaw is ambition: First, he wanted to be king. Then he wanted to be the king without any threats and for good. Now that Banquo is considered a threat, he will have to kill him, and as he states later on: blood brings more blood.

As long as Banquo is alive, my "guardian angel" (who ever is keeping him alive) is afraid, just like the Guardian Angel of Marc Antony  was afraid of Caesar (This is an allusion to another play by Shakespeare)

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)