Equivocation in MacBeth

The Theme of Equivocation A false statement, or a statement intended to deceive someone is better known as a lie. A lie which tells half the truth is called equivocation. Of course, there are many different types of lies; there are lies which do not tell the truth, equivocation, lies of omission, and those "white" lies which do not hurt anyone. There are also many different reasons for telling a lie. Some might lie to …

…are told by many people to conceal truth, or to deceive. In Macbeth, the witches obscure the truth by using equivocation to lead Macbeth change his ways of thinking. If Macbeth knew the truth, his outcome would have been different. He would not have been plagued with paranoia, blood thirsty attacks of stress causing him to kill, the downfall of his reign, and him to loose the most precious thing that he loved, Lady Macbeth.