Duplicity in Macbeth
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- Duplicity in Macbeth
- Lady Macbeth
- She instigates Macbeth to follow her in a manipulative manner. She tells him to be deceptive and deceive his country.
- "Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under't"
- She is constantly questioning her husbands masculinity, making him feel inadequate. Macbeth feels the need to commit extreme deeds in order to please his wife.
- "too full o'th milk of human kindness"
- She instigates Macbeth to follow her in a manipulative manner. She tells him to be deceptive and deceive his country.
- Macbeth
- Macbeth was deceitful as he killed Banquo's sons who meant whatsoever no harm to him.
- Banquo was his loyal friend who honoured the friendship that the held.
- Some readers may describe Macbeth deceitful as he listened intriguingly to the prophetic greetings of the witches' instead of ignoring them.
- He believed in a supernatural being
- Macbeth commands the stars to hide his deep sinful deeds from escaping into light for everyone to see.
- "Stars hide your fires let not light see my dark and deep desires."
- Macbeth was deceitful as he killed Banquo's sons who meant whatsoever no harm to him.
- The Witches
- They also instigated Macbeth by providing him with prophetic greetings that sparked his ambition.
- The witches speak in rhymes and riddles which immediately captures the attention from others as it is unusual.
- "fair is foul and foul is fair"
- Malcolm
- Malcolm acts deceptively whilst meeting MacDuff in England. This is because Malcolm was testing whether or not MacDuff was still pure to the nation by not supporting Macbeth.
- Lady Macbeth
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