“The brightest” angel is his reference to Satan who refused to serve God and was cast out of Heaven.

The
allusion to Lucifer in Macbeth is appropriate since a leading theme in the play is that to commit regicide
is to violate the laws of God, and a person who does will ultimately fall. It means that goodness can still
exist even if such a good man like Macbeth can become evil. It essentially is his apology to Macduff and
his reminder to himself that Macduff can still be a good man.

“The brightest" is connected to Macbeth at the start of the play and he is the one who fell down and
down into the darkest depths of Hell - similar to the story of the fall of Lucifer. Macbeth seemed to begin
as an "angel" courageous, innocent, respected, brave and on top of the world. Then he “fell” into
temptations and wickedness once he had the thoughts to kill Duncan. One thing led to another, worse
and worse until he had sunk so low as the Devil himself. There is a verse in the Bible (In the book of
Isaiah) which goes :-”How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut
down. It could easily be referring to Macbeth.

In this quote the idea is expressed that although angels may sometimes lose their beauty (like Lucifer,
the brightest who were once angels fall), true beauty and grace should not always be fake, even if evil
and ugliness wear a mask. This quote also highlights the permanent difference between good and evil
and implies that personality comes from inner beauty.

The quote touches on the moral complexity and uncertainty of human nature. People can have both
good and bad traits, and evaluation of a person's character must go beyond surface judgments.