Theme Of Destruction In Macbeth

In The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the characters are not really who they seem to be since they disguise themselves to hide their dirty deeds or to remain oblivious to those who are dubious. Everyone has a mask, a cover, a veil, it is a play that has a powerful theme, that the surface only shows so much revealed, in the opening scene. Masks provided the path to destruction for Macbeth but they also allowed for other characters to survive by disguising their true feelings toward the tyrant ruler.
The first clear example that shows up in the play is that of the Thane of Cawdor. The Thane betrays the King and is charged with treason where to Malcolm explains how the he had asked for forgiveness. “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face: he was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.” Duncan explains how he was deceived simply because he trusted
She easily keeps herself free of suspicion by kindly accommodating to the Kings and praising how she is honored to have him as her guest, just as any other person from the kingdom would feel. "But be the serpent under 't", Lady Macbeth is referring to herself on how she is the real mastermind behind the whole assassination and Macbeth is only used as a decoy. Being the wife of such a highly praised Thane, it is easy for her to assume this role of innocence while sneaking under everyone’s noses and performing such dirty deeds. Many more characters used masked throughout the play but none were as evil as those worn by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Some characters like Banquo were hiding their inner desires such as his jealousy toward Macbeth or like the servant and the doctor who were fearful of being killed if they spoke out about the queens sayings acted as if they knew nil. The masks were used for concealment, to betray, or to survive but none were evil except those used by Macbeth and his