Read this passage:
MACBETH. Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,
Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night,
Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day;
And with thy bloody and invisible hand
Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond
Which keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood:
Good things of day begin to droop and drowse;
While night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Thou marvell'st at my words: but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
So, prithee, go with me.
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, scene ii
What does the audience learn from the lines "Be innocent of the knowledge,
dearest chuck, / Till thou applaud the deed"?
A. Macbeth will keep Banquo's murder a secret until after the murder
has been committed.