Appearance versus reality

Through out the play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth pretend to be people that they are not
1. Lady Macbeth encourages this idea
  1. "look like th'innocent flower, But be the serpent under't"
  2. Initially Lady Macbeth finds this easy and Macbeth struggles with it due to hallucinations
    1. Later on in play guilt overwhelms Lady Macbeth and she starts sleepwalking
      1. Leads to her killing herself
2. Have to do it so no one suspects it was them who murdered Duncan and Banqo
Duncan trusted Macbeth
1. Dies for it
2. When Macbeth becomes king and Scotland is in turmoil no one knows who to trust
Witches prothesis only show a section of the truth
1. Not all of it
2. Despite Macbeth knowing reality and appearance don't always match up - still completely trusts what the witches prophecies

Resource summary

	Created by James Riccitelli almost 4 years ago