Many characters in "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare were deceitful and hypocritical. Through out the story, there were many people who tricked others into believing they had a friendship, but consequently those people ended up dead. Deceit and hypocrisy mean that appearances cannot always be trusted, and this was evident particularly through the character of Lady Macbeth. Using manipulation with King Duncan, hypocrisy with her own husband, Macbeth, and by letting everyone think that Macbeth is ill, when it is only his guilt that upsets him, Lady Macbeth is proven to be possibly the cent…
