Talk:Fleance

Historia Gentis Scotorum and Fleance
Fleance and his father Banquo are both fictional characters apparently created by Hector Boece, whose Scotorum Historiae (1526-1527) was a source for Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles.

Hmm. This doesn't match my recollection, and the cited source looks like a popular press edition of four of Shakespeare's plays. Can we perhaps find a scholarly edition to cite this to? --Xover (talk) 23:01, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The source I just added covers it, actually. Paul, Henry N. Wrad (talk) 23:03, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Shakespeare
Me gusta shekespeare —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.54.86.247 (talk) 19:33, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Fleance as a fictional character
Hi there, not sure how to fix this but Fleance DID exist as did his father. See The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland by Michael James Alexander Stewart. (page 40 and 41 and pages 44 and 45). Cheers Tania —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tania Roxborogh (talk • contribs) 23:03, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Macbeth's son

 * Macbeth thematizes the rivalries between pairs of father and son: Banquo and Fleance, Macduff and his son, Macbeth and his. Theater expert 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 selfish striving, but also fatherly ambition. All that Macbeth does to Fleance and Banquo is for the sake of his own son. Some productions of Macbeth'' show this tenderness by having the title character attempt to pat Fleance on the head, when Fleance withdraws to his father's side.

The above paragraph, the first in the Analysis section, is problematic. Rosenberg is explicitly putting forward an alternative interpretation of Macbeth that posits that the title character has a son. There is no explicit mention in the play of such a son, and indeed, Macduff's line at 4.3.216, "He has no children," is often interpreted as referring to Macbeth.--Trystan (talk) 05:30, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

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