Question

Which theme is used in this excerpt from act I of Shakespeare’s Macbeth?

LADY MACBETH:
O, never
Shall sun that morrow see!
Your face, my thane, is as a book where men
May read strange matters:—to beguile the time,
Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under't,

Answer 1

The theme used in the excerpt from the act I of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is treachery. It is shown from the words coming from Macbeth that her lover is treacherous. She knows that her lover is evil and that she is being deceived by him under false actions towards her.