Examples of Appearance vs. Reality in Macbeth (as a paper topic) I have found some so far - Act I Scene iii - Witches have beards but are women Act II Scene i - Macbeth sees a dagger in front of him, but can not touch it. Act II - Lady Macbeth seems bloodthirsty, but cannot kill Duncan. Macbeth seems scared of the whole ordeal, but kills the king and the guards. Act V - …showed first 75 words of 495 total…

…showed last 75 words of 495 total…s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more." Its very sad, he killed so many people and he hasn t accomplished anything. It appears that Macbeth is a blood thirsty killer but in reality he is just a sad old man who just lost his way in a lot of evil, and in the end it cots him his life.