The Importance Of The Supernatural In Macbeth

In the Shakespearean play, the tragedy of Macbeth. The Supernatural also known as the witches or Weird sisters, played an important role in the plot and story of the play. They controlled Macbeth by making him overconfident with his ambitious thoughts, which later on affected his state of mind and encouraged him to embark on his actions to kill anyone that was in his way including his friends and foes. All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! / All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! / All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter! (I. iii. 50-52). This incantation was said during the witches first encounter with Macbeth. This incantation was the start of rising action for the play because it foreshadowed what will happen

Anyone suspected to be a witch would be prosecuted/executed. Shakespeare knowing the witches reputation during that era, he used them for him play that eventually became the tragedy of Macbeth. He used the witches to create an eerie, dramatic atmosphere. In the opening scene,Shakespeare used Isolated place and strange weather conditions to show how wicked the witches really were. “When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain?” These three weather were known to be very grim and depressing.And anytime the witches met it was neither thunder, lightning, or in rain. The witches predict that Macbeth will be King and Thane of Cawdor, this was taken lightly until Macbeth was given title of Thane of Cawdor, much to his disbelief; “All Hail Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!” Directly after this scene, the unlikely odds of it becoming true happens, this foreshadows early on that the witch’s other predictions will come true. Macbeth was reconsidering the idea of killing the King to get the throne and the power. By using this three witches, shakespeare did not only set the mood of the play,but the tension and drama for the audience. In the opening act, the three witches were there talking about their evil plans/ deed and talk about when they will met again. This tells the audience that something bad was going to happen and the witches will be a big part of it. The witches uses the

One of them is the floating dagger: this was shown when Macbeth was changing his mind about killing the King: Duncan. This daggers was the supernatural way for pushing Macbeth to commit the murder. Shakespeare also uses the dagger to tell the audience that something bad as going to happen.This is shown: “Is this a dagger, which I see before me,/ The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee./ I have thee not, and yet I see thee still./ Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible/ To feeling as to sight?Or art thou but / A dagger of the mind, a false creation” (II.I.41-46). The second supernatural that influence Macbeth actions is the Ghost of Banquo: the ghost appears because of Macbeth’s guilt conscience of killing his friend. Banquo was the only person he didn't kill by himself, and the guilt of being involved in his friend's death killed him. That is why he hires assassins to kill him to get rid of Banquo that was in his way. Macbeth doesn’t want Lady Macbeth to know what was going to happen after what she did by helping him kill Duncan:"What's to be done?/ Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck."(III.ii.51-52). In Act three, Scene two, Macbeth talks about his desire to die rather than live in this endless torment of guilt and sleepless nights.This is shown: “In the affliction of these terrible dreams/ That shake us nightly. Better be with the dead,/ Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace,