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    Richelle E. Goodrich, an author from Utah. In life, we learn to not trust someone by their appearance and in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare we are shown the same. Shakespeare uses Hamlets deceitful nature and appearance to convey that being deceiving can have dangerous influences on relationships and trust, which can lead to consequences such as death and/or madness. Throughout the entire play, every character is if not acting deceitful, than is being deceived. In the beginning, we meet Hamlet

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    Macbeth Deceiving Themes

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    The work of Shakespeare seems to be timeless by the themes he creates because they relate to all time periods. Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, has multiple themes that can represent human nature: such as appearances can be deceiving. Particularly, it is seen throughout the play with the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth; although it does show people who are truthful to their appearance such as Macduff. Considering Macbeth's character, he deceives people by appearing innocent. When

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    Deceiving someone is giving them the right to lose trust and the outcome of deceiving them can never be good. Receiving honesty from someone is a bliss. Yet, receiving honesty means expecting dishonesty. In the play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, act 3.4.1-60, depicts how the characters deceive each other back and forth to gain self-benefits. The tragedy that occurred, happened because of the lies. Some characters like Hamlet, finds out who lied to him; while some characters like Queen

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    Looks Can Be Deceiving

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    could be good or bad either way, it has affected their life. Everyone’s life is different, that’s why some people act the way they do. The past could have changed the behavior of everyone! Looks aren’t everything. Like they say, “looks can be deceiving” it’s very true. Not everyone is fortunate as another and this is when people get judged

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    Mrs. Mallard Deceiving

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    The first few lines of Kate Chopin’s, “The Story of An Hour” are deceiving because of the natural assumptions the reader makes based on societal ideals. As the story goes on, it becomes more apparent that Mrs. Mallard is not so heart broken about the death of her husband. Why would a woman in 1894 be happy about news of her husband passing away? He was her source of income and the community would pity her for losing her husband. However, Mrs. Mallard saw her husband’s death as a away out from a marriage

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    Deceiving is Believing You come through the door to find a look in your friend's eyes, the truth is out. All this time, all those lies; all of it just to make sure that they would not find out, all so they would not develop that shameful look in their eyes. As you walk further into the room, you realize that there was no way to reverse all that has happened, knowing that there was no way to change the one fact that remained, the fact that you lied. Everybody lies, all the time, whether it is rooted

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    Rainsford. Whom totally surprised Zaroff when he arrived to the island first and ended up beating him at his own game. Rainsford ended by saying “I am still a beast at bay", then ended Zaroff’s games. There are the things that make General Zaroff a deceiving villain including the way he looks, the way he lives, and the way he speaks.

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    Twelfth Night Danial Naseem Society today is full of examples of people who are deceiving each other by appearing as someone they are not. William Shakespeare’s play “Twelfth Night,” conveys many acts where characters are deceiving others. He illustrates how disguises impact others emotionally causing one to feel downed. Shakespeare has shown how disguises are very easy to fool people and that from this it could ruin one’s life. One example of a negative

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    In the playwright of Macbeth there are many examples of Macbeth deceiving someone to help eliminate enemies to him and his heir to the throne. This becomes profoundly evident in the beginning of the play as macbeth kills duncan. This sets up the stage for the play and allows Macbeth to become the King. Macbeth had a tragic flaw that became evident in this very instance. Thereon in the play macbeth has to kill more people and attempt to deceive his nation into believing it was someone else. The motives

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    knowledge of the world around her, Scout’s ignorance and innocence are dropped, and maturity emerges. In her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the character of Scout to explore the themes of deceiving appearances and courage through a child’s eyes. Scout helps Lee show how deceiving appearances are viewed through the eyes of a child. For example, when Scout thinks that her father is boring, she is

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