Macbeth
In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, the theme of appearance versus reality was very relevant and important throughout the entire play. The theme relates to many of the characters in the play. They seem like truthful, trustworthy people, but really most of them are conniving and deceitful people. The appearance of a person is sort of like a first impression or a judgment of a person. On the other hand the reality of a person is the actual person or meaning of the person. Shakespeare uses this theme of appearance versus reality in many of his plays to prove the audience’s first impression of characters wrong, and to keep the audience on the edge of their seat. Macbeth, the main character of the play, is a very good example of the theme throughout the entire play. Macbeth’s appearance is that he is one of King Duncan’s most loyal generals and that he is a very truthful man. The reality of the situation is that Macbeth wants more than anything to be th
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Approximate Word count = 645
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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