seems so enthusiastic to see him. Her excitement is truly genuine, but beneath herhappiness is a plot of deceit and murder.Lady Macbeth: Your face, my thane, is as a book, where men may read strangematters:-To beguile the time, look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, yourhand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.(Shakespeare, Act 1, Scene III)She is telling him that his face can easily be read and that he needs to act like normal, butunderneath to be cunning. This passage takes an almost cheery moment and takes it back to aworld full of betrayal. Another place where gaiety is almost achieved is toward the very end ofthe book. “Malcolm: We will perform in measure, time, and place: So thanks to all at once, andto each one, Whom we invite to see us crown’d at Scone” (Shakespeare, Act V, Scene VII). Allseems merry, but if thought about it, the reader can easily see that trouble awaits. Malcolm hasjust defeated Macbeth. However, he did not do this all on his own. He had help from England inthe defeat. England would not send troops in to help fight a war for nothing. They would soontry to recapture Scotland. Therefore, the “happy ending” is not really going to end “happily everafter.”Through foreshadowing, Shakespeare was able to give the play a deeper meaning. Foreshadowing was used in the very first scene. The three weird sisters in Act 1, Scene III, werediscussing about someone whom they were going to place a curse on. “3 Witch: Sister, wherethou? 1 Witch: A sailor’s wife had chestnuts in her lap” (Act 1, Scene III). This sailor isreferring to Macbeth. Macbeth was at first the Thane of Glamis, which represents the sailor of aship. The witches later go on to describe what they do to the sailor.1 Witch: I’ll drain him dry as hay: Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang uponhis pent-house lid; He shall live a man...
