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Appearances are Deceiving in Acts one & two Lady Macbeth and her lover Macbeth symbolized the locution; appearances are deceiving, in Shakespeare epic play Macbeth. Shakespeare took the saying to an entirely new level with witches, death, and two faced comradely. From acts one and two quotes jumped from the pages exemplifying the deception conveyed through the story plot. The plot of the play was the falsehood the characters portrayed in their personalities. Trickery swam through Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s minds, finding the need to preform any business to obtain what they desired or were prophesied to have. “Fair is foul & foul is fair’ {1.1.10} spoken by the evil witches, begins the deception in Macbeth. To sum up this quote the witches are saying what good is bad; and what bad is good or “appearances are deceiving”. This quote sets the stage for the plot; it exemplifies the ideal of being something different than what your appearance may foresee. The quote can also be seen as what is ugly is beautiful and what is beautiful is ugly. Which is can connected to Lady Macbeth in the sense of how beautiful she may appear on the outside but what is beautiful can also be ugly; evil. The witches’ rhymes forecast the deception to come throughout the play. “Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” {1.5.64-65} Spoken by the beautiful be deceitful Lady Macbeth. Her words simply mean something can appear to be sweet or kind to others but posses’ evil intentions. You can see this quote lay out when Macbeth seems to be trustworthy to King Duncan but can easily switch to a killer looking for vengeance. Lady Macbeth makes for a perfect associate with Macbeth with her easefulness to seem as one person but secretly be a completely other. She dances and welcomes Duncan to her home with a warm heart but is quick to stab him in the back. Lady Macbeth conveys herself to King Duncan as a young, kind and gorgeous
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