Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare in the early 17th century and is about death and deceit between Scottish nobles. At the time when the play was written the story in the play was very relevant, with witchcraft just becoming an executable offence and in the play a king is killed which was and a still is a very serious offence but even more back them because people thought the king was chosen …showed first 75 words of 710 total…

…showed last 75 words of 710 total…yet just fantastical’. This demonstrates that his thoughts are only fantastical at the moment. However as soon as Macbeth becomes Thane his lies begin, as he claims he has forgotten about killing the king to Banquo, Ross and Angus, when in fact the idea is right at the back of his mind the whole time. This gives us the impression that Macbeth is perhaps not as loyal to the king and country as first thought.