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Thank you, Wrad, for working so hard on these Shakespeare articles! This corner of Wikipedia is becoming so much better because of you!

  • Fleance and Banquo are mentioned in Holinshed's Chronicles. - Explain to the reader unfamiliar with the Chronicles what they are. I don't think this information should only be mentioned in the lead, as the lead is supposed to be a summary of what is in the rest of the article.
  • The Stuarts used their connection with Fleance and his marriage to the Welsh princess to claim a genealogical link with the legendary King Arthur - Why? How did this help them?
  • Marvin Rosenberg argued that the tension that exists between Fleance and Macbeth is made stronger by the fact that Macbeth has a child - Who is Rosenberg? A Shakespeare scholar?
  • Marvin Rosenberg argues that the tension that exists between Fleance and Macbeth is made stronger by the fact that Macbeth has a child: his motive is not just greed but also fatherly ambition - It is hard for the reader of this article to understand the greed part - we need a little more information on Macbeth's motivations. We haven't heard about greed yet - we have only heard about ambition.
  • Some productions of Macbeth show this tenderness by having the title character frequently pat Fleance on the head, or attempt to do so, but be denied it when Fleance withdraws to his father. - sentence is hard to follow
  • Scholars have interpreted this to mean that Banquo has been dreaming of murdering the king as Macbeth's accomplice in order to take the throne for his son, Fleance, as the Three Witches prophesied to him - I don't quite follow
  • They argue that Banquo is merely setting aside his sword for the night, but when Macbeth approaches, Banquo, having had dreams about Macbeth's deeds, takes back his sword as a precaution. - Explain more clearly - what deeds? Why does he need to take precautionary measures?
  • Why have you chosen to focus on these three screen versions? The choice seems a bit random.

I'm placing this article on hold as I am confident that these issues can be resolved in a short amount of time. Awadewit (talk) 02:15, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm passing this article. Awadewit (talk) 06:11, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]