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Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair In Macbeth

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Act I
In the beginning of the play, the three witches chant “Fair is foul and foul is fair” (I.I.12). This phrase is used to represent the saying: appearances aren't always as they seem.

This phrase can apply to Macbeth and his wife as they were very loyal to the throne and quickly changed to have foul thoughts about the king. It is not known that the Macbeths are hiding their true intentions behind kind faces. Evidence of their dual personalities can be seen when they are discussing their plan to kill the king in the chamber. Macbeth saying they will “have mark’d with those sleepy two/of his own chamber, and us’d their very daggers” (I.vii.75-76). Lady Macbeth stating “what cannot [Macbeth] and I perform upon/ th’unguarded Duncan?” (I.vii.69-70).

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