Macbeth_Theme

Macbeth_Theme Reality is often much deeper than the eye perceives and more complex than the mind can envision. It was because of this basic truth that Macbeth deceived his king, Duncan, killing him. While Macbeth believed himself to be the wisest for having gained the kingdom of Scotland on the sly, the Weïrd Sisters had deceived him. Trusting his own interpretation of their predictions, he failed to see the reality that his rule was soon to end. His trust in what he believed to be reality allowed him to die by the sword of Macduff, a nobleman loyal to the cause of Malcolm, Duncan’s son. Shakespeare made this discrepancy between what man perceives and true reality clear throughout Macbeth. Using paradox and dramatic irony he demonstrated the devastating effect of a delusionary lifestyle. Both Duncan and Macbeth place trust in those who foreknow, or plan their demise. Because of the reports Duncan received of Macbeth, stating that he fought well, he assumed that Macbeth was trustworthy. Through a twist of irony, Macbeth and his wife would be his murderers. Macbeth tells Duncan that he will be “the harbinger and make joyful the hearing of my wife with your approach.”(12) They are joyful macbeth, shakespeare, duncan, sisters, reality, because, while, trust, stated, true, own, man, love, irony, banquo, weïrd, truth, telling, paradox, life, kill, failed, duncan’s, cannot, believed, became, assumed, yet, win, wife, upon, twice, trustworthy, truly, themselves, thank, thane