The theme of deception is continually explored in .says with
profoundat the end of act 1, scene 2:
No more that thane
of Cawdor shall deceive
Our bosom interest
He
does not realize that the next time he is deceived by a thane of Cawdor, the results will be
fatal. Ladycounsels her husband in duplicity:
Look like
the time; bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent
flower,
But be the serpent under't.
This lesson,
however, seems superfluous, since Macbeth is already inclined to conceal his thoughts:
Let not light see my black and deep desires:
The
eye...
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