Fasle face with a False Heart
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Shakespeare's Macbeth delves into a world of confusion and excessive ambition. As evil blankets the darkness in the atmosphere, Macbeth declares a "false face must hide what the false heart doth know"(Act 1,7). Throughout the play the ironical happenings and intense dialogue conceal what the characters feel and know, leading them deeply into temptation, distrust, and misunderstanding.
After Macbeth receives his three prophecies from the witches, Macbeth transforms gradually from a man of noble stature to a deceitful and deceptive being. Committing regicide of his cousin, Duncan, Macbeth decides he will stop at nothing to get the throne, all the while forcing the prophecy of being crowned king to happen. Due to insecurities and lack of trust between the men, Malcolm and Donalbain, Duncans sons, flee to the refuge of Scotland. Macbeth's surreal behavior drives his closest advisors away from him, forcing them to suspect him as the number one killer.
The sharp dialogue throughout the play elaborates on Macbeth's quote "a false face must hide what the false heart doth know." After perceiving a bloody hand, Macbeth becomes weary and conscious of the murder he committed. Lady Macbeth declares "A little water clears us of this deed"(Act 2,2)...