Romeo And Juliet Deception Analysis

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Despite its dramatization in Macbeth, violent
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Macbeth’s desire to gain political power through a deceitful murder of King Duncan. Macbeth plans to stab the King in his sleep, and then plant bloody daggers near the King’s guards, who
Macbeth plans to get blackout drunk so that they cannot remember anything. Such a plan is deceitful because Macbeth does not care for the fate of the guards, whom he plans to frame for the crime. Macbeth, in a way, deceives himself, as he believes he will be able perform this crime and take power without psychological damage. The deception in this tragedy is not solely performed by Macbeth, as Banquo, Macbeth’s friend and general in his army,
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Juliet riskily used heavy deception that went wrong and resulted in her and Romeo’s death. In Romeo and Juliet, the theme of deception is at the root cause of the tragic events that occur in the end.
Deception happens everywhere in society. It is not only a prevalent theme in the works of
Shakespeare, but also in the history of all civilization. For better or worse, deception is an essential aspect of civilization, as it is heavily involved in the progression of society, whether it be for new innovations or new leaders. Along with it being at the core of civilization, deception is also at the core of all humans. In some way or another, we deceive everyday. We are deceived everyday. We recognize deception everyday.
It is because of the strong influence deception has on civilization and on us as individuals, that deception also has a strong influence on Shakespeare. William Shakespeare was a brilliant playwright, and his success in dramatizing such narratives is, in large part, because of the theme of deception. Just as it progressed civilization, deception progresses the plot in
Shakespeare. Deception draws the audience into the narratives and can, at times, make the
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