Examples Of Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair In Macbeth

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” (Macbeth, I). This famous quote lasts throughout the play meaning that even though actions, people, and things may appear to be good or bad, however,after some time of observation, they end up being the opposite. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a play of blind ambition and greed. Setting the goal to be King, Macbeth kills anyone or anything that stands in his way. He puts his faith in the words and prophecies of three witches, after their first prophecy (that he will become Thane of Cowdor) turns out to be true. The three witches are the most powerful characters in the play and the motivation to all of Macbeth’s bad behaviour.

The three witches are the most powerful characters. Since the setting of the play is one of the most important information and the witches kind of have the control of what is happening in the play, this shows us that they have

In the play Macbeth does whatever they say the prophecy is, his destiny is. For example, in the beginning when Macbeth met the witches for the first time and they told him a prophecy Macbeth started acting upon it. By this we see that Macbeth is being affected by their power and prophecies. That aside, everything was planned from the start, “Upon the heath. There to meet Macbeth.” (Macbeth, I). If the witches weren’t the motivation then many events wouldn’t have happened. Examples: Macbeth wouldn’t know if he would be king or not, he wouldn’t know about the future of Banquo’s line, and he wouldn’t know that Macduff is dangerous therefore there wouldn’t be the killing of Macduff’s family. The witches changed his "destiny" to be filled with chaos and sorrow. In short, the three witches are the motivation to all of Macbeth’s bad behaviour because Macbeth does anything they, the three witches, say the prophecies are and the three witches had already everything planned out in beginning, they also changed Macbeth’s