Synonyms: kismat. Friday, Friday the thirteenth, appointed lot, astral influences, astrology, book of fate, circumstance, constellation, cup, destination, destiny, dies funestis, doom, fatality, foredoom, future, ides of March, inevitability, lot, moira, planets, portion, stars, unlucky day, weird, wheel of fortune, will of Heaven. Translate Kismet to German.
In Macbeth, âFair is foul, and foul is fairâ is a motif that runs throughout the play. At the most basic level, it means that appearances can be deceiving: that which seems âfairâ and good is actually âfoulâ and evil. The best example of this motif is Macbeth himself.
In the very opening of the play the witches appear in storm and rain and plan to have the rendezvous with Macbeth. As the three witches leave, they chant a witchly chant: Fair is foul, and foul is fair: / Hover through the fog and filthy air (1.1.11-12).