(A critical Analysis of Three Deceptions In Act I, and II in Macbeth) “Don’t believe everything you see” as said by D. A. Richardson, which perfectly segues into the discussion of deceit. You see deceit is one of the worst forms of evil, the evil of destroying trust. Destroying to the point of no return, so far that some people never trust again. And who could blame them? If someone breaks our hearts, it hurts and we don't like the feeling of it. So we do all in our power to stay away from it. With this taken into consideration let’s look at three uses of Deception in Macbeth. The first use of deception is fairly simple, just the deception of the traitor of Scotland. This was the first part of the play in general, …show more content…
This woman really knows how to use her man, and play him like a fiddle. She knows what every man is weak for, and savagely uses it against Macbeth. She says, “And live a coward in thine own esteem’st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would,’ Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage?” (Act I, vii, 41-44) which roughly translates to, I thought I married a man with some balls step it up boy. She call to question his manhood, which makes him want to prove her wrong even more than before. Because not only did someone question his manhood, but someone he loved questioned it. You see, this is the most sinister way to deceive someone, when they put all of their trust into you and love you. No one can drop you harder than anybody that loves you. Just as Commander Thorn said in Star Wars, “To love is to trust. To trust is to believe. Deceit is the weapon of greed.” She wanted to be powerful more than even Macbeth wanted power. Honor didn't matter to her, and she knew what she was doing to her husband. This man needed her more than ever at this time, and she used him as a tool, a weapon of