Things are not always what they seem by Maria R.

In the play Macbeth things aren’t always what they seem. It is very blunt and apparent throughout this play giving plethora of examples in every act and scene. These examples really make you take a second look at situations and realize that some things just aren’t what they appear to be.

The witches gave a prediction to Macbeth that he would become king. After he told Lady Macbeth she decided that killing the current king would be the best thing. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth go through with the murder, and they get away with this in the night while everyone is sleeping and by getting the guards drunk and putting sleeping medicine in their drinks. When the Macbeth’s are done with killing the king they decide to wipe the blood off their hands on the guard’s faces and their bodies, then they frame the guards by placing the bloody daggers that they used to kill the king on their sleeping bodies. This is a prime example early in the drama Macbeth, of things that are not what they seem.

Another example of the theme, things aren’t always what they seem, is when Malcolm goes to England to meet up with Macduff who escaped from Scotland after the murder of his father. Malcolm pretends to like Macbeth and says how he is a good ruler and how he is a great guy. Macduff tells Malcolm that he doesn’t need to pretend to like Macbeth anymore because he doesn’t like Macbeth and wants to take him down. Malcolm then agrees with Macduff saying how he believes that he would be a great ruler instead of Macbeth and that he would be a great successor to the thrown. This shows that things aren’t always what they seem in this theory because Malcolm goes a good time in the book pretending that he likes Macbeth and that he is his friend when really, in the end he decides to help plot against his downfall with Macduff.

Another trick that is played in Macbeth is when the witches tell Macbeth that no man born from a woman can kill him. I believe that this is the witches trying to pull sheep’s wool over his eyes. Macbeth then thinks that no one can kill him and that he will be king forever despite the other predictions that the witches made that Banquo’s son would become ruler. Macbeth then ordered to guards to go and kill Banquo and his son Fleance, but Fleance got away before he could be killed, his fathers fate wasn’t so fortunate. In the end Macbeth was killed by Macduff in a battle because Macduff was taking from the womb of his mother in a sea section instead of child birth, therefore not being born from a woman.

There are a lot of examples throughout this book that proves my theory correct. I believe that this shows that you shouldn’t get angry or upset with people unless you know what are going on behind the scenes and that there are always two sides to a story. In the dramatic play Macbeth things are crazy but the one thing that you can take away from it is that you can’t trust anyone and that things are not always what they seem.