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Although the position of king is believed to be sought after, in the tale of Macbeth this title has come at a high price. Macbeth believed that it was his destiny to become king. He had no desire to do so before learning this. However his new status came with a hefty price; his wife would commit suicide (act 5 scene 5) and he would be tormented by his thoughts throughout the story.

The title of king has cost Macbeth his happiness.

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Macbeth so desprately wanted to be king for the power, riches and the fame that it would provide.
In our global society today people believe that celebrities are happy and have it "all" because they are famous and wealthy, yet little do they realise the blood sweat and tears that goes into their lives.

The corporate ladder. A phrase that would invoke different feeling in each who reads it. Will hard work and determination be your route, or a web of lies and deceit, spun for your own benefit and gain. So often will we take the easier path to the top.

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Appearance vs Reality : Nothing is ever as it seems.

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Appearance vs Reality : Nothing is ever as it seems.

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"O, yet I do repent me of my fury, that I did kille them."
Macbeth even goes as far as pretending his anger over the murder of the king and that it comes as a shock to him. When in deed he is the one who killed the king and is just covering his tracks

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How the theme manifests itself within the play.

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How the theme manifests itself within the play.

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Malcolm tricked Mucduff into thinking that he had no interest in becoming king, all the while having a prepared army at his helm. He claimed his ruse to be a 'test'.

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The themes manifested in reality.

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We can relate Macbeth to modern society as it is human nature to succumb to temptation. To give in to things we want and not necessarily what we need. Shakespeare gives warning of the outcome of ambition. The play teaches its readers to exercise restraint when it comes to "spilling" their desires to those who seek to know them.

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This quote is the three witches' mantra and motto. They invert good and evil: what is evil may appear good and vice versa. This quote symbolises that although events, people or things may appear to be good, they are in fact the epitome of evil. This quote can be related back to our own global society as many people , events, companies and organisations seem good, they can in fact, be the opposite of that. This quote is prevalent in this day and age more so than during the Elizabethan era.

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“There are daggers in men’s smiles"

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When we look at Lady Macbeth and her statement  “Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t” the cruelty and deception of human nature becomes apparent. The greed and lust of power that lead to this deception is prevalent in modern society, and as Steven Hawking stated “we are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity”. A more recent example experienced in Europe, is the image of a loving and nurturing Religion that ISIS tries to portray, all the while when they have no qualms killing non believers.

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Macbeth has a vision of a bloody dagger. (Only he can see this - it is not real.)

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Lady Macbeth is responsible for the fall of Macbeth.

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Lady Macbeth is responsible for the fall of Macbeth.

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It appears as if Lady Macbeth wants the best for her husband, but in reality she is the reason for his fall.
Lady Macbeth wants her husband to become the king, but in order for him to do so she convinces him to kill the current king, Duncan.  Lady Macbeth instructs her husband to appear normal to the king so that he wont expect anything.  "Only look up clear.  To alter favor ever is to fear.  Leave all the rest to me."
When Macbeth does not want to kill the king, because he said that he honored him, Lady Macbeth calls him a coward and questions his manhood.  "When you durst do it, then you were a man"
Later when Macbeth have killed the king and the whole situation has spiraled out of control his mental states starts to decline and he becomes an bloodthirsty, unsympathetic ruler.  He appears to be a confidant ruler but at the end of the play he is defeated and he cannot defend his own throne.

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"This  guest of summer, the temple-haunting martlet, does approve by his lov'd mansionry that the heaven's breath smells wooingly here; no jutty, frieze, buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird hath made her pendent bed and procreant cradle.  Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed the air is delicate."

These are the words that Banquo says to King Duncan suggesting that Macbeth's castle is temple-like.  Macbeth prepared his castle to be serene and peaceful, all the while he is planning to kill Duncan there while he sleeps and feels most at ease.

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In act one, scene four Ducan states: "There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face."  Which means that you can't tell what people are thinking (or planning) from the expressions on their face.  Lady Macbeth appears innocent and ladylike but she uses her charm to manipulate Macbeth to kill Duncan to get what she wants.

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Appearance vs. reality: how sleep and dreaming has affected the story.

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Appearance vs. reality: how sleep and dreaming has affected the story.

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Macbeth deals with a large variety of dreams in tangled with deceit, some of which are advantageous and others lead to the Macbeth's inevitable demise.

Dreams:
Macbeth is tormented by nightmares, most of which involve his killing of the king, in his mind he has killed a good man and a better king. He believes himself to be less human for doing so. His reasons well documented; the withes prophesy absolute and unavoidable.
He begins to waver in his judgments and sleep has changed from something pleasant to something frightening.
" Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep

In the affliction of these terrible dreams

That shake us nightly."
( Act 3, Scene 2 )

Lady Macbeth too met her demise by the illusions within her dreams. She dreamed of washing her hands clean of the former kings blood, in reality she was sleepwalking and whilst doing so confessed to the crimes committed by both her and her husband.
(Act 5, Scene 1)

Thus dreaming plays part of the 'appearance vs. Reality' theme.

Sleep and dreams may appear to be a moment of safety and relaxation, however in context of Macbeth's tale, the opposite is true.  This became especially true during act two, scene two - when Duncan was killed by Macbeth in his sleep. Therefore it was fitting that sleep would played the part it has.