Compare and constrast the way Banquo and Macbeth understand and react to the witches' prophecies? What is the difference between Banquo and Macbeth...

It iswho first notices and addresses , clearly showing his contempt and revulsion.
Though Banquo is milder and more modest thanin other situations (it is significant that whileis
made Thane of Cawdor, Banquo is given no reward for his part in the battle and seems not to
mind), he is consistently arrogant and high-handed in his treatment of the witches. Even when
asking them to predict his future, he makes his indifference clear:

If you can look into the seeds of time,
And say which grain will grow and
which will not,
Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear
Your...