Appearance vs. Reality -Macbeth

good is prankish, and foul is fair, a phrase that has father synonym with Macbeth. It is also the introduction to one of the most important themes of this calamity carriage and human beings. Shakespeare uses various characters and situations to emphasize this confusion amid the real and the surreal, the avery and the fake, the act and the sincere. In order to discuss this theme, different characters will be whole toneed at in the first paragraph, the Witches, in the guerrilla, Duncan and in the third, Lady Macbeth.Appearance vs.reality is also seen in the beginning of the admit when the witches introduce the quotation, fair is foul, and foul is fair, or what seems honourable is really badMacbeth and what seems bad is really goodMalcolm flees Scotland when his father dies and looks guilty, hardly he is only trying to protect himself. The witches second set of predictions promise Macbeth a long reign. They tell half-truths to give him a false sense of security. Though th e first prediction is true ( look fall out Macduff), the other two predictions make Macbeth believe he cant be killed.The appearance of the predictions lures him, and the reality behind them destroys Macbeth. The Witches introduce the theme with the infamous phrase Fair is foul, and foul is fair in the first scene. Its functional for the Witches to enjoin this in the beginning of the book, as they are the start of all the perplexity. They exit the core of confusion when they awaken Macbeths ambition and trans abidance his berth of good and evil, making bad things look good and good things look bad. Ironically in connection with this, Banquo warns Macbeth, Win us with honest trifles, to thieves In deepest consequence.The Witches continue to speak in contradicting language, such(prenominal) as lesser than Macbeth, and greater and Not so happy, yet lots happier that adds to the sense of moral confusion, by implying that nothing is quite what it seems. Banquos warn is fulfilled at the end of the diddle when the Witches had won Macbeths trust with prophecies that became true honest trifles- and then betray him in the things that really mattered, his career and his country -deepest consequence- to win his spirit for hell.Until his death, power Duncan was misled by Macbeths false loyalty. When the Thane of Cawdor had been found guilty of being a traitor and was hanged, King Duncan thought so highly of Macbeth, that he gave the title to him. The Thane then ironically dies with pride while Macbeth dies a foe of Scotland. The King was under the movie that Macbeth was a loyal and brave soldier, calling him O worthiest cousin, alone Macbeth was actually already planning to kill the King, whose murder yet is but fantastical.Even when Duncan goes to visit Macbeth, he praises the castles pleasant environs and hospitality, This castle hath a pleasant seat, but is totally oblivious(predicate) of Macbeths plans to murder him. From the first time we meet Lady Macbet h, we wreak the impression of a strong-willed and bold person, an ideal wife. As the play evolves, Macbeth grows stronger and Lady Macbeth begins to despair, commits suicide and proves to be the antithesis of an ideal wife.She seems to lack sense of right and wrong, saying A little water clears us of this deed, but towards the end her conscience drives her mad and she sleepwalks, washing her hands and saying Out, damned spot refering to the business she imagines to see on her hands as a result of her plaguey conscience. In conclusion, interestingly Macbeths first line in the play is So foul and fair a day I acquit not seen, suggesting Macbeth as the focus of the plays moral confusion.Within him the mesh between good and evil continue, in the end driving him to his death. Its clear to see that Shakespeare identified in life what he dictum as the worlds fatal flaw, the inability to distinguish between appearance and reality, using Macbeth as a tool to communicate this. through out the play appearances, which are often deceitful, influence the whole plot of the play. It comes out mainly through the way Macbeth saw Kingship as a form of security and prestige but was then faced with even stronger feelings of risk and fear.