Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair In Macbeth

The phrase “fair is foul, and foul is fair” (1.1.12) describes the appearance of Lady Macbeth in the play and throughout the movie. She appears like an innocent and righteous woman, but on the inside, she is brutal, violent, and power-hungry. Later Lady Macbeth even makes Macbeth question his manliness by convincing him into murdering Duncan. Macbeth also questions the manhood of the murders by asking if they find their ”patience [is] so predominant in [their] nature/ That [they] can let” Banquo get away (3.1.89-90). Lady Macbeth and Macbeth both show their masculine sides, through aggression. The effect of the scene is to show how Lady Macbeth’s understanding of manhood will eventually lead from political order to chaos. When Lady Macbeth commands the “spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts” to “unsex” her in the film, the actress acts like spirits are possessing her and transforming her into a man, demonstrating how her character is willing to do whatever it takes to have power (1.5.30-31). Lady Macbeth tells the spirits to “fill [her] from the crown to the toe top-full/ Of direst cruelty” and “Stop up the access and passage to remorse,” meaning she wants the spirits to fill her with malice and block out any guilt of the deed

Another way that the theme of ‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’ proffers itself is through the deception of King Duncan by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. This deception is even worse because of Duncan’s trust in Macbeth, so as Lady Macbeth quotes; ‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.’ Duncan is not suspicious because as Macbeth quotes in his soliloquy; ‘He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed; then as his host, who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself.’ It is doubly ironic that Duncan should trust and praise Macbeth so highly when he says to Lady Macbeth; ‘See, see, our honor’d hostess! The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we thank as love. Herein I teach you how you shall bid God ‘ild us for your pains, and thank us for your trouble;’ and also that Duncan should replace a

Macbeth hired the murderers to slaughter Banquo the same night as the feast prepared for him. Macbeth goes as far as killing his best friend, just to make sure there are no

Macbeth Prompt 1: As persistent as Macbeth was in his conquest to be rightful heir in king, his predestined plan fails leading him to commit the worst of sins such as murder and betrayal to the king. Macbeth’s power struggle revolves around his prophecy along with others setting for his ideal process of elimination until he can rest as king. However the guilt he carries for the lineage of murder he causes is fueled by consumption of his ambition and greed for power. “Fair is foul and Foul is fair”, the appearance of a noble and loyal man becomes corrupted by his self desire and convinced in his altered fate to take power. Following the murder of Banquo and King Duncan, the power becomes less valuable to Macbeth knowing his sins will follow him through the end of his rule.

Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ is about the leading male protagonist succumbing to his ambition and need for power. Though Macbeth is liable for his own actions, he is not solely responsible for the events that eventually result in his downfall. Macbeth is corrupted by his wife, Lady Macbeth, as well as the three weird sisters. Macbeth’s contribution towards his downfall is his strong ambitious nature. Lady Macbeth is the person who induces Macbeth to assassinate King Duncan. The three weird sisters (witches) play with Macbeth’s ambitious nature and sense of security. Macbeth’s downfall is due to himself and two external factors.

Macbeth had sent a letter to Lady Macbeth soon after learning about the prophecies explaining " They met me in the day of success, and I have learned by perfectest report they have more in than mortal knowledge.... Whiles, I stood rapt in the wonder of it came missives from the king, who all-hailed me 'Thane of Cawdor,.' Lady Macbeth immediately starts to plan the murder of king Duncan but also knows her husband is kind as she said in "yet I fear thy nature; It is too full o'th' milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way"(1.5.15-17). Lady Macbeth is so cruel due to the fact she wants her husband also to be evil and put aside his beliefs.

Lady Macbeth knows that Macbeth isn't cruel and violent and he wants to score a successes with the truth,without any fair of guiltyness. "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised: yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great;

With attention to the murder of King Duncan, Macbeth struggles with the morality of his actions. Before the murder takes place, Macbeth begins to believe that the murder will “be the be-all and the end-all” to his clear conscious and would risk him to eternal damnation (Act I, line 5). Yet, the murder would bring him power over Scotland and he “shalt be kind” as told by the Weird Sisters(Act 1, line 50). Macbeth goes off of his ambition to murder King Duncan. The internal struggle of choosing mortality over motives brought forth an intense shift of loyalty to betrayal. The murder caused for Macbeth to turn on Scotland and only care for his own selfish motives. The betrayal causes for the play to become horrific and have a double meaning. Macbeth must put on a face to hide his murder to become the king. The double meaning is how Macbeth looks like a hero to all of Scotland, but only the people on the inside know of his horrific actions. He had to murder to to get the position of King, but the

Macbeth till the end is seen to have some regret left in him. It is seen that Macbeth keeps losing things, first he loses his glory in his own eyes after murdering Duncan, then he loses his friends due to his insecurity, his wife and finally his life. Macbeth is responsible for his own downfall. In case of Lady Macbeth who commits a suicide, she seems to portray her dark self from the very beginning for which she also pays the price. She suffers from night walking and the horror eventually kills her. Her characteristics so inhumane as a monster were so deep that when she dies even Macbeth does not show any sadness or sorrow. He rather says, “She should have died hereafter”, he shows no feelings when his wife dies. Here he exhibits no emotions at all, this portrays him to be a monster. Macbeth, without losing some humane qualities still behaves like a monster whereas Lady Macbeth is seen to be a monster from the very beginning. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” said by the witches in the beginning of the drama wisely explains the tragic life of Macbeth and Lady

Everyone knows what a bully is and everyone in his or her’s life have experienced what’s it like to be bullied or be a bully. Even in a play like Macbeth by William Shakespeare's a tragic play it is but it does have a lot of parts where you see things that are very similar to bullying. Most of the bullying that I read in the play were people being taking advantage of, physical violence, social standing, blaming and most of all abuse of power. There are characters who fit in those characteristics like the Three Witches, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and The Murderers for a very good reason.

Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth is filled with deception and death. Multiple scenes contain deceptive characters and acts of trickery. The actions of Macbeth and his wife show this. The character King Duncan also has a big role to play with deception. The biggest role of deception is played by the three witches, using technicalities and plays on words to trick Macbeth. These scenes of this tragedy exploits the “Fair is foul and foul is fair” theme, meaning not everything is as it seems. Shakespeare wanted to show how people act for their selfish gains. This is important, because life is filled with illusions and people who’ll use others for their personal needs; he uses Macbeth and his wife, Duncan,

Tony Li Ms. Moffat ENG3U6-01 Nov. 12, 2014 Love Me or Love Me Not? At first glance, the quote “Fair is foul and foul is fair?” just seems like another one of the many senseless riddles uttered by the witches in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. But like everything else said by the witches, the quote begins to reveal its meaning as the play progresses. As Macbeth seeks to fulfill the witches’ prophecy to become king, he gets involved in an endless cycle of murders and quickly realizes that he no longer desired becoming king.

Quote: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." (Act I, Scene I) William Shakespeare deliberately starts of Macbeth with the particular phrase above in order to reveal the obvious motif: that appearances are often deceptive, and things are different from what they appear to be. This quote suggests to the reader that an individual should never trust another, because one can never be sure if what is being represented is reality or merely an illusion. What is especially ironic, or perhaps intentional, was that this phrase sets up the stage for the rest of the play. Macbeth, and various characters, use the phrase on different occasions with different meanings.

Theme of Fair is Foul in William Shakespeare's Macbeth 'Fair is Foul' is the major theme in Macbeth and is present throughout the play in both the characters and the events. ' Fair is Foul' refers to the contrast of good and evil in the play, since Macbeth commits many evil murders for what seem to be good reasons. There are several false and secretive characters, such as the Witches, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, because of the contradiction of good and evil. Therefore the theme of 'Fair is Foul' is also linked to the theme of appearances being deceiving. As a result of this theme lots of chaos, lies, secrets and total disorder are caused.

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