appearance vs reality

appearance vs reality

1. (a1,s1)''fair is foul,foul is fair''witches

   • This shows how fair acts would look foul but when you do foul actions it would look fair

2. (a1,s2)''for brave macbeth well he deserves that name''ross

   • It speaks about him being powerful but in reality he is later shown to be a coward and a traitor (Irony)

3. (a1,s2)''what he hath lost, noble macbeth hath won''duncan

   • The people of Scotland sort of Macbeth to be a loyal and noble man but this is later contradicted when Macbeth had proved to be disloyal to king Duncan as he has'' deep dark desires'.'

4. (a1,s3)'' the instruments of darkness tell us truth win us with honest trifles to betray us in deepest consequence''banquo

   • He is saying in simple terms that the instruments of darkness are the witches and that they will earn Macbeth trust with their trifles and later betray him with hardships yet to come

5. (a1,s4)''look the innocent flower ,but be the under't''

   • Lady Macbeth is saying to be a serpent and a snake implying being a backstabber behind closed curtains but they look innocent in the peoples eyes

6. (a1,s7)''false heart must hide what the false heart doth know''

   • Macbeth is saying you have to put on a facade or a mask to hide your true dark vicious intentions

7. (a2,s1)''by the name of most kind hostess''banquo

   • In reality the Hostess which is lady Macbeth is the complete opposite of kind and is instead plotting the kings untimely demise which is done by her and Macbeth

8. (a2,s3)''good morrow,noble sir''lennox

   • Macbeth had the people of Scotland under his spell to think of him as a ''noble' Sir'' but in reality he is being the ''serpent under't''

9. (a2,s1)''is this a dagger which i see before me ''macbeth

   • This showcases how macbeth's kilt had taken over him to where he had started to hallucinate murder weapon before he was even going to use it on the king but in reality he had only imagined life as his guilt had took over him

10. (a2,s3)''had i died an hour before this chance i had lives a blessed life''macbeth

    • He is lying through his teeth in an exaggerated manner to appear as believable as possible to Duncan sons and loyal allies something which Macbeth was not

11. (a4,s2)''his flight was madness,when our actions do not, our fears do make us traitors''lady macduff

    • Macduff is seen to be a traitor by his own wife saying in modern English ''he's running away was a madness even as he had not done an action which makes him a traitor his fear of being accused of traitor was enough to make him flee'' this plays back onto what the witches had said at the start of the play ''fair is foul foul is fair'' macduff had fled to England to find help to overtake macbeth for his wrongdoings but instead he is being called out by his own wife of doing foul acts but had actually acts which had been fair.

12. (a4, s2)'' angels are bright still though the brightest have fell''malcolm

    • This metaphor is one of a biblical reference as it refers to Macbeth being Lucifer as he had once been the brightest Angel but ruined that by his jealousy and ambition similar to how Macbeth is for his greed of power