In the opening scene of Shakespeare's “Macbeth,” the three witches begin by chanting “Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair.” This is a clear contradiction and paradox that will manifest itself throughout the rest of the play. The theme of appearance versus reality recurs regularly throughout the story. Even though the characters are very real in their actions and ideas, many of them, throughout the story, struggle to understand whether what is happening is real or not. He also says throughout the play that it is easy to be deceived and also easy to deceive someone else. This piece is full of smaller motifs and themes that make up the larger piece I write about, like rumors and fears, vague language, and true things hidden in riddles. The three witches are the incarnation of evil and ambiguity. They clearly have the ability to disguise good as evil and evil as good, which is also a paradox. They also play a very big role in Macbeth's destiny by introducing into him doubt and destructive ambition, they foreshadow. They are the main leaders in mixing appearance and r...