Lady Macbeth Fair And Foul Is Fair

The quote “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” that is said by the three witches towards the beginning of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, can be applied to Lady Macbeth’s character. Lady Macbeth showed that her personality consisted of acting in a fair manner to deceive others of her true foul intentions. William Shakespeare sheds light over Lady Macbeth’s true colors when she received news from her husband about him one day becoming king. Lady Macbeth’s foul desire for power was strong enough for her to convince her husband that killing Duncan was the only way to become king. Lady Macbeth’s plan to kill Duncan became easier when she heard that Duncan would pay a visit to her home. Lady Macbeth wanted to make sure that Duncan was not alarmed so
Lady Macbeth used her fair qualities as advantages when she would deceive people since nobody would ever consider her to be up to no good. Lady Macbeth handled the guilt of killing Duncan well while her husband became a mess under the stress of his guilty conscious. Lady Macbeth used her fair qualities at the banquet to disregard any alarmed guest when Macbeth was acting strange. Lady Macbeth explained to the guests of the banquet why her husband was acting weird by saying, “Sit, worthy friends. My lord is often thus, And hath been his youth. Pray you, keep seat. The fit is momentary; upon a thought He will again be well. If much you note him, You shall offend him and extend his passion. Feed, and regard him not” (3.4.54-59). Lady Macbeth began to act in a friendly way to the guests at the banquet to cover up what was really went on with Macbeth when he started acting crazy seeing the ghost of Banquo. Lady Macbeth had to keep the crowd of guests from having any kind of suspicion about what has really been going on with Macbeth. Lady Macbeth explained to the guests that Macbeth was simply having one of his episodes when he acts a little strange. Lady Macbeth made light of the situation by saying that it was common throughout Macbeth’s childhood for him to have episodes like the one he had at the banquet. Lady Macbeth feared that her husband and her could be
Lady Macbeth’s foulness was more profound than her fairness since she only used her fairness to cover up her dark side. If it was not for Lady Macbeth’s foul side that took control of her by pressuring her husband to kill Duncan then killing Duncan could have been