William Shakespeare is known as a Man, Technician, and Philosopher who wrote some of the best work in the 1500s. Among some of the tragedies William Shakespeare wrote are Macbeth and Hamlet both of which use the theme Appearance versus Reality. In Macbeth this theme is being used in Irony, The Clothes Do Not Make the Man, and Nature versus Man. In Hamlet this theme is being used in Hamlet’s antic disposition, the Ghost of Old Hamlet, and the Mousetrap. Both Macbeth and Hamlet represent Truth in the Passion behind each Macbeth and Hamlet themselves to their plan, the Spirit the readers feel as they read both of these plays, and the Literature Shakespeare put into each play as he is writing them. Macbeth is a play almost completely centered around the theme Appearance versus Reality. The first time this theme is show is irony in Act I scene i line 10 “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”. All three of the witches are now saying this line as to foreshadow when Scotland wins the war and Macbeth says “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” in scene iii line 38 meaning the day is foul because of the stormy weather but fair due to winning the war. The next time this theme is shown is the clothes do not make the man in Act I scene iii lines 108-09 “The Thane of Cawdor
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Macbeth is asking why would you give him a title that someone else already possesses who is still alive and has not been killed yet, even though the witches just told him
Macbeth is asking why would you give him a title that someone else already possesses who is still alive and has not been killed yet, even though the witches just told him