Macbeth Fair Quotes

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (I.i.12) illustrates the ultimate view of appearance versus reality. William Shakespeare captures the suspense of foreshowing opening the beginning of the play. The quote interpreted is "foul", ideally bad, yet "fair" which is good. The witches foul and fair quote, simply state bad is good and good is bad, which is just like Macbeth’s character. Macbeth is both foul and fair throughout the play. Many explanations come from the quote, a world where nothing is what it seems. A world where you are never sure whether something is what it actually seems. Macbeth’s character is not who he seems, yet he is. What one thinks is good, it is actually foul, and what one believes to be foul is indeed good. Shakespeare uses characterization, soliloquy, and archetype to show the destruction of over-ambition in Macbeth's

character.

To endorse the characterization of Macbeth’s actions, Macbeth is introduced in the play as a courageous warrior. Macbeth’s actions on the battlefield honorably won him honor from king Duncan. Macbeth with his ambitions, and a brave character and desire of power showed his directions in the play after his defeat in battle. As shown here "For Brave Macbeth- Well he deserves that name- Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution, Like Valor's Minion craved out his, passage Till he faced the slave; Which ne-er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till, he unseamed him from the nave to the Chops, and fixed his head upon our, battlements." (I. ii. 16-24) Macbeth is a progressive character. The plot continues in the play, yet his good qualities disappearing, while the evil ones become easily seen and developed. Going from good to worse, his own wife, Lady Macbeth, saw her own

husbands true ambition since day one. After reading her husband's letter Lady Macbeth was very confident that these prophecies from the witches should come true, however she believed Macbeth was not suitable to be successful at his new future title. Shown in her soliloquy “Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too ful o'thi'' milk of human kindness. To catch the nearset way;" (I. iv. 3-5) she expressed her view of her husband’s characterization and actions. Believing Macbeth is not good enough, she talks down upon him quite often to others. While Lady Macbeth is a very bright and wise woman, she knows her future is bright, but as for her husband she believed he was not strong enough to do what needed to be done to be a true King. He lacked all humanity, yet with his burning ambition and desire for power, Macbeth proved his wife’s opinion on him to be false.