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Examples Of False Appearance In Macbeth

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A prominent theme in Act One of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is that appearances cannot be trusted. The first example of this theory is demonstrated through the actions of the traitorous Thane of Cawdor. After receiving news of the Thane of Cawdor’s betrayal, king Duncan is deeply troubled. He remarks,
There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face.
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust.
(I.iv.11-14)
Duncan is deceived after he bases his trust on the Thane of Cawdor’s honourable outer appearance and finds out the man is truthfully a renegade. Another example of false appearance is exhibited in Lady Macbeth’s character. In Macbeth’s conversation with Lady Macbeth, they discuss their ambition to kill the king. To assure

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