In the context of foul and fair discuss the character of Macbeth, the Scottish play, is a play of ambiguity, contradictions and hidden meanings. Things in this play are never as they seem. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis and the hero of the play, is in the middle of all this illusion. At the beginning of the play the characters, think him `brave' and `valiant'. However, by the end of the play he is a known evil man and usurper of the throne. In the words of this famous play, from `Fair to foul'.

The witches are key in the order of chaos in this play. To indicate their importance to the central theme of the play, they are the first characters in the play. They introduce the atmosphere and context of the play. Thunder and lightning is used to show the chaos in the witches. The quote...