Appearance vs. Reality -Macbeth

Fair is rotten, and foul is honorable, a phrase that has become synonym with Macbeth. It is also the mental institution to one of the most important themes of this tragedy appearance and reality. Shakespeare uses various characters and situations to underline this confusion between the real and the surreal, the au sotic and the fake, the act and the sincere. In companionship to discuss this theme, different characters will be looked at in the front paragraph, the Witches, in the second, Duncan and in the third, Lady Macbeth.Appearance vs.reality is also seen in the commencement ceremony of the play when the witches reveal the quotation, fair is foul, and foul is fair, or what seems good is unfeignedly foulMacbeth and what seems bad is really goodMalcolm flees Scotland when his father dies and looks iniquitous, scarce 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 the offshoot prediction is true (Beware Macduff), the other two predictions shake up 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 say this in the beginning of the book, as they are the start of all the perplexity. They become the core of confusion when they excite Macbeths ambition and transform his perspective of good and wretched, making bad things look good and good things look bad. Ironically in contact with this, Banquo warns Macbeth, Win us with honest trifles, to betrays In deepest take.The Witches continue to speak in contradicting language, such as lesser than Macbeth, and greater and Not so happy, yet much happier that adds to the sense of moral confusion, by implying that nothing is quite what it seems. Banquos warning is fulfille d at the supplant of the play 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 life and his country -deepest consequence- to derive his spirit for hell.Until his death, King 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 super 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 impression that Macbeth was a loyal and intrepid soldier, calling him O worthiest cousin, but Macbeth was actually already readiness to kill the King, whose murder yet is but fantastical.Even when Duncan goes to visit Macbeth, he praises the castles winning environment and hospitality, This castle hath a pleasant seat, but is totally unaware of Macbeths plans to murder him. From the first time we meet Lady Macbe th, we get 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 conscience, saying A little water clears us of this deed, but towards the end her conscience drives her mad and she sleepwalks, washing her work force and saying Out, damned spot refering to the blood she imagines to see on her turn over as a result of her plaguy conscience. In conclusion, interestingly Macbeths first line in the play is So foul and fair a day I have not seen, suggesting Macbeth as the concentrate of the plays moral confusion.Within him the conflict between good and evil continue, in the end driving him to his death. Its clear to see that Shakespeare identify in life what he saw as the worlds fatal flaw, the inability to distinguish between appearance and reality, using Macbeth as a tool to communicate this. Throughout the pla y appearances, which are lots deceitful, influence the whole plot of the play. It comes out mainly through the musical mode Macbeth saw Kingship as a form of security and prestige but was then faced with even stronger feelings of insecurity and fear.