Another example to add is when Lady Macbeth plans out the murder for King Duncan. She tells Macbeth to hide their true intensions.
Lady Macbeth: "Only look up clear;
To alter favour ever us to fear."
Meaning raise your eyes and look confident. A change in the way one looks reveals fear and further arouses suspicion.
Macbeth as well tells himself: "False face must hide what the false heart doth know."
Also when Macbeth and Banquo arrive and meet the witches for the first time, Macbeth says: "So foul and fair a day I have not seen."
When Macbeth is told the 3 prophecies he will possess by the witches, he is unsure. Banquo says: "Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear things that do sound so fair?" Meaning why do you fear of these great titles when they sound so good.
Little do they know, in order to get the third title, king of Scotland, Macbeth goes through countless dangerous actions and is soon lead by his downfall.
When Malcolm and Donalbain flee the country after their fathers death, suspicion is put on them for the murder.
When Macduff leaves to England to seek help from Malcolm, Malcolm is unsure of Macduff's loyalty. Therefore he tests Macduff, and in the end Malcolm learns that Macduff truly is loyal and wants what is best for his country.
Also the apparition of no man born of woman can harm Macbeth. Macbeth is convinced that no one can harm him since every human being is born of a woman. But Macduff was not naturaly born of a woman. Either caesarian or premature delivery occured therefore he ended the life of Macbeth.
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