Macbeth is a famous play by William Shakespeare. It is about a former king of Scotland, Macbeth, who becomes ambitious for power. He soon becomes consumed by this ambition, and this eventually leads to him and his wife’s death. One of the main ideas in Macbeth is that appearances can be deceiving: that we can’t judge a book by its cover. This essay will examine how this idea is shown throughout the play, in relation to the witches, King Duncan, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. The three witches are ugly, so ugly that they are called the weird sisters, and they never appear apart. They show this idea not only with their looks, but also with their words. The relationship between Macbeth and the witches is the foundation of the entire plot. They could easily be viewed as three ordinary old hags, and when Macbeth first meets the witches he quickly views them as honest and believes in them; but he did not know that right from the start they were affecting and transforming him and his beloved wife. The first time we see the witches’ evilness is in the beginning- “fair is foul, and foul is fair”, they chanted. They awaken Macbeths vaulting ambition to be king, and this is surprising as they have just manipulated somebody described as having so much valour. The witches are very good at speaking in equivocal language, meaning what they are saying has two or more acceptable meanings. This makes it very easy for the witches to be dishonest and deceptive, and duplicate and corrupt Macbeth’s mind. They tell him that he will become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. Macbeth then becomes Thane of Cawdor and kills King Duncan and usurps the throne. Are the weird sister’s prophets, or does their words just influence the events of the play? King Duncan’s appearance was not deceiving – the reason I am writing about him is because he continuously falls for others looks and stereotypes. This then led to his death. King Duncan trusted Macbeth, obviously with his life, because he stayed the night at Macbeth’s house instead of inviting Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to his own castle. This was incredibly dangerous for a king in back in that time because of the abundance of security. Duncan has always has issues judging people’s appearances; Macbeth was not the first thane who Duncan trusted, that then attempted to kill him. He was the king of Scotland and he was kind, generous, benevolent, excitable, innocent, and a bit more cowardly than you might expect from a noble king. Duncan was also a very good father. We see thes