Essay On The Role Of Supernatural In Macbeth
In the play Macbeth the supernatural has a vital role in the play. The first instance we come in contact with the supernatural is when Macbeth, and his best friend Banquo, ecounter the witches. These witches have a very strange apperance "That look not like th' inhabitants o' th' Earth And yet are on 't?—Live you? Or are you aught That man may question? You should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so." (1.3.42-44;47-49). These witches tell Macbeth that he will gain the title Thane of Cawdor and that he is destinted to become King, due to this prediction Macbeth begins to think of ways to make the witches predictions come true. At first Macbeth doesn't believe that the witches are telling him the …show more content…
Make thick my blood.
Stop up th' access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature(1.5.47-51).When it actually comes to killing the King Macbeth tries to check it out but Lady Macbeth calls out his insecurities so that he will actually follow through and he does. After the King dies Macbeth is crowned King. And that's when things start to go bad. Macbeth can't stop feeling guilty he keeps seeing blood on his hands and the bloody daggers that he used to kill the good King Lady Macbeth the slowly driving herself insane. She sleepwalks at night and talks of all the bad things that they did. Lady Macbeth eventually killed herself all because of a prediction that the witches could have given to anyone. They gave this prediction to Macbeth because they knew that he would act on it and they like messing with people. In conclusion, The Witches prophecy for Macbeth led him to believe that he was meant to be king that anyone who stood in his way had to die which drove him and his wife mad. This proves that the supernatural rule this whole story because if not for the witches then none of this would have happened and there would be no
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so." (1.3.42-44;47-49). These witches tell Macbeth that he will gain the title Thane of Cawdor and that he is destinted to become King, due to this prediction Macbeth begins to think of ways to make the witches predictions come true. At first Macbeth doesn't believe that the witches are telling him the …show more content…
Make thick my blood.
Stop up th' access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature(1.5.47-51).When it actually comes to killing the King Macbeth tries to check it out but Lady Macbeth calls out his insecurities so that he will actually follow through and he does. After the King dies Macbeth is crowned King. And that's when things start to go bad. Macbeth can't stop feeling guilty he keeps seeing blood on his hands and the bloody daggers that he used to kill the good King Lady Macbeth the slowly driving herself insane. She sleepwalks at night and talks of all the bad things that they did. Lady Macbeth eventually killed herself all because of a prediction that the witches could have given to anyone. They gave this prediction to Macbeth because they knew that he would act on it and they like messing with people. In conclusion, The Witches prophecy for Macbeth led him to believe that he was meant to be king that anyone who stood in his way had to die which drove him and his wife mad. This proves that the supernatural rule this whole story because if not for the witches then none of this would have happened and there would be no