Why do I have boxes round items on my iMac screen?

Just yesterday I found there are boxes (like the borders of text boxes) round items on my screen. If I'm offline I get a box round a desktop item; if I'm online I get a box round a section of a web page - so the Search box in Google will have a black-lined box added to it and when I search the box will go round something else on the page? There's actually a box round the pane where I'm typing this now.
Anyone any ideas? A different, or perhaps connected problem is that many of the items in drop down menus are now duplicated, so in Safari, on File I get 'Close Window' 'Close Window' - but not every menu item is duplicated

Thank you to Niel. I'd just found a similar post/question where someone was directed to the Universal Access setting and having done it, the boxes have gone and so have the duplicated menu items

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