"Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." (Shakespeare 1.5. 64-66) Throughout Shakespeare's Macbeth,
things are not always as they seem. Deception in this play is always present, especially with the main characters - Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Lady
Macbeth is the most skilled at persuading others, especially her husband, into believe things that are not true. The above quote, spoken by Lady
Macbeth to her husband, shows exactly how manipulative and deceiving she can be. She is telling Macbeth to look and act pure, but to be evil inside.
Macbeth, evidently led by his wife, but also by his own ambitions, is likewise guilty of deception. He deceives his best friend Banquo, King Duncan,
as well as his public. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth also try to use denial and rationalization to deceive......

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Title: Macbeth
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