Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, has been read for centuries. In the play, the readers can easily see that evil can trick us. Banquo gives Macbeth a warning about this after 3 witches give him prophecies about his future. Banquo is saying that many times, “the instruments of darkness” will tell us something that seems to be the truth, but turns out in the end to harm us. Evil will win us over with little things, and …showed first 75 words of 1026 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1026 total…end there will be consequences to what they believe and trust. Shakespeare also shows the idea that people cannot be trusted just on the way of their outward appearances. He shows us this by having Macbeth, someone who appears to be a good guy, turn out in the end to kill people that he had once loved and cared for. Many times those who seem like they are good will turn out to be evil.