Through Act 1 - Act 3 we see a number of paradoxes, most tying together. The witches in scene one say "Fair is foul and Foul is Fair." As Macbeth and Banquo enter onto the scene with the witches Macbeth makes the statement "So foul and faire a day I have not seen." The witches then give Banquo three more paradoxes. 1st Witch "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater." 2nd Witch "Not so happy, yet much happier." 3rd Witch "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none: So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!"
So clearly we see the use of paradoxes throughout the first 3 acts. They are used to describe the constant confusion and contradictory events that make up life. "So foul and faire a day" It is a foul day because of the losses recieved from the battle, but the day is faire because they won. These paradoxes show that nothing is perfect, its like wherever there is a cloud their is a silver lining just as the same as the inverse, wherever there is a silver lining there is a cloud.
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i agree with the last statement about there always being a silver lining. you do show the use of the paradoxes but you do not explain how those lines change the way the book goes because most of the lines you talk about change something in the book
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