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Use Of Masks In Macbeth

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In the drama Macbeth, William Shakespeare's with the introduction of mask motifs underscores how people can hide their own nature and emotions by wearing a fake mask of themselves. A motif is an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a story. The motif of mask appears frequently in the play such as covering crimes with their appeareance or hiding their guilt. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth clearly represent the use of masks.
Lady Macbeth's anxiety of power is shown in Act 1 when she is reading a letter from her husband talking about the prophecy of the three witches, about him becoming king. Lady Macbeth's mind, is now full of meaness thoughts, therefore she starts planing the murder of Scotland king, Duncan. Lady Macbeth realizes that
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