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DECPETION/EQUIVOCATION (Macbeth deceiving others ('stars hide your…
DECPETION/EQUIVOCATION
Deception
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'look like the innocent flower , but be the serpent under't'
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Macbeth deceiving others
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'Dear friend Banquo, whom we miss'
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Witches deceive Macbeth
The witches tell Macbeth his destiny, but they do not tell him how he will get there. This causes Macbeth to use his free will to obtain the things the witches have told him. Although, Hectate is angered by Macbeth trying to control fate so sets out to doom him, these are the second prophecies. Shakespeare uses irony in the last scene of the play as it is not the 'seeds of Banquo' who are King, but Malcolm. This shows how the witches were decieving Macbeth the entire time and his quest was fruitless and meaningless
'The instruments of darkness tell us truths,/
Win us with honest trifles,/ to betray ’s
In deepest consequence'
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The fact it is not Fleance crowned King at the end, but Malcolm, undermines Macbeth and the murders he has committed since the witches prophecies do not ring true and suggest that they have lead Macbeth on a fruitless quest.
Imagery of clothing
Macbeth can be shown to deceive people by trying to fill other roles (wear their clothes), even though his natural purpose is a soldier
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'hang loose about him, like a giant's robe
He is not fit to be king as he is not appointed by god, fits in with Shakespeare's purpose to appease King James I
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'golden opinions from all sorts of people, / Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, / Not cast aside so soon'
[Macduff] "Well, may you see things well done there: adieu! / Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!"
The new roles are unnatural and do not 'fit' as easily as the old ones, Macduff suggests that Macbeth will not as good a king as Duncan