A little white lie won't hurt a fly. Just telling half the truth is good enough, right? Does this sound like a simple truth or an elaborate lie. Deception, when reading Shakespeare’s famous play, Macbeth can agreeably be directed to the three witches. In every medieval story witches are notoriously known for their wicked works. It applies to Macbeth as well. The story also has a noble soldier known to be fearless in battle and loyal to his king and country; this main character of Shakespeare's play is Macbeth. His wife Lady Macbeth on the other hand has quite the opposite character of her husband. This makes the story a lot more suspenseful. Let's get more into the witches half truths and elaborate white lies and how they affect the main character and his wife.
The witches are elusive when they talk to Macbeth. When the witches first talk to Macbeth they always leave vital information out. They also change subjects when Macbeth has questions to ask. This proves to be self
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Surprisingly they agree to Macbeth's terms. The witches give Macbeth apparitions to answer his questions. The first apparition was to beware Macduff. The second apparition was for Macbeth to be bold because no one born from a woman will harm him. The final apparition was to be brave because Macbeth won’t fail unless Birnam Wood marches to fight you at Dunsinane Hill. Macbeth sees these apparitions to be sweet omens. Well, he deceives himself when he says that. The witches plan to make these apparitions seem like sweet omens to Macbeth yet at the same time the truth. And it consequently comes true for Macbeth.
In conclusion to this essay, Macbeth once an honest hero ready to defend his king becomes killer of a king and taker of Thane. These titles weren't handed to him. It was taken by the power of lies and deception. Made possible with wishes that also includes Lady Macbeth. Macbeth was once a good man but now he's a dead