Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair In Macbeth

In the play, Macbeth, the kingdom under Duncan was a bit chaotic because the civil war that happened. There are many betrayals that happened under Duncan’s reign, such as; The biggest one from the Thane Of Cawdor. However, there were plenty of loyal people that were disappointed when he found dead. The plot in Macbeth surely fits into the Scottish history, as the political situations influenced certain things that were written. However, Shakespeare was not historically correct in everything. It is a play afterall!

At the very first scene in Macbeth strikes the keynote of the play. The words “ Fair is foul, and foul is fair” are very important and overused words throughout the play. “ Look like the innocent flower/but be the serpent under’t’”