Appearance vs reality

• "Fair is foul and foul is fair."

  • Early warning that not everything is always as it appears.
  • Later macbeth says "so foul and fair a day i have not seen."
  • This deja vu moment show he will fall for the witches and their deception.
• "your face my thane, is as a book.... look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it." -LDM

  • Lady Macbeth telling her husband to cover his emotions from now on.
  • Must put a show of loyalty.
  • His face is readable therefore he needs to change it so he can be the one deceiving the king.
  • Shows us as the audience Macbeth is not used to hiding his emotions.
• "Fair and Noble hostess."-King Duncan

  • Has gone to Macbeth's castle and said "This castle hath a pleasant seat."
  • He calls them noble hostesses and has fallen for their facade
  • Dramatic irony-Audience knows that Duncan is going to be murdered as LDM and Macbeth have plotted it.
  • This act of theirs continues on when lady macbeth faints after seeing Duncan's dead body to keep their "innocence."
• "A dagger of the mind, a false creation." Macbeth,Act 2,scene 1.

  • Visions/Hallucinations
  • Macbeth when he's preparing to murder duncan.
  • A dagger facing towards the kings bedroom.
  • Supernatural symbol.
  • Foreshadowing the death that is going to take place.
• "The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth." -Act 4,scene 1.

  • The prophecies that the second witch tells him.
  • Macbeth is confident that he will be able to kill macduff however macduff kills him.
  • "Tell thee Macduff was from his mother’s womb20 Untimely ripped."-Macduff says.
  • Shows that the witches prophecies were right however his violence thoughts took over him and led to his death.
• Consequences:

  • That Lady Macbeth and Macbeth played a fake persona they wanted everyone else to see.
  • However them dealing with the supernatural led to their mental state being affected and both of them ending up with a fatal death.