Appearance Vs Reality In Macbeth

“All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told ; Many a man his life hath sold; But my outside to behold ; Gilded tombs do worms enfold.” ― William Shakespeare. Everything that we see might not be true, in the inside it might be completely a different thing. Appearance is a visual outward form of what we see, where reality is what is actually going on or the inward appearance. Believing blindly on what we see, or hear is not a smart choice. In Shakespeare 's play, we often get to see the theme appearance vs. reality. Therefore, appearance vs. reality is present in a lot of turning points in Macbeth which totally changes the flow of the play. An analysis of literary terms in the play entitled, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, demonstrates the idea that what is shown is not always real and it is evident throughout the entire play. To make the play enthralling1, three witches are introduced in the beginning of the play Macbeth and they set the play. They talk about they are going to meet Macbeth after the battle is over. They also say that anything that seems cannot always be trusted. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (Shakespeare, 7). Witches talk about how whatever we see not necessarily is true. Literary element foreshadowing is present because the quote foreshadows what is going to happen later in the play. In Macbeth, a world is created where nothing is real, nothing cannot be trusted, and everything is an illusion. Beautiful is ugly, and ugly is beautiful.