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The greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus, Daedalus makes he and his son wings so that they can escape from the Labyrinth they are trapped in. Daedalus’ invention works and they take flight out of the castle and set forth into the sky. Unfortunately, Icarus gets too excited and flies too close to the sun. As a result, his wings start to melt because a flying human is unnatural. Nature revolts against the unnatural and will do it’s best to restore order. Similarly, in MacBeth, the natural world tries to undo the evil works of the unnatural creatures.
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The theme of the nature in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, consists of the natural the corruption of the order of succession and it’s restoration, unnatural people going against human nature, and the natural world
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MacBeth then expresses his fear of nature revolting against him after he kills Duncan. MacDuff kills MacBeth and Malcolm brings order back to their kingdom. In the romantic plays and stories, such as Macbeth, the Supranatural has to restore order in the story. When Macbeth is dead, the order of succession Malcolm takes the throne.
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People who are unnatural, such as MacBeth and Lady MacBeth, do not sleep. Because of their lack of sleep, people who are not natural can’t control their thoughts, which lead to the outrageous feeling they base their actions on.
When Banquo and Macbeth go see the witches for the first time, Banquo has the strength to not listen to them because he believes they want to “‘Win [them over] with honest trifles, [only to betray them] in deepest consequence”(Act 1 Scene 3).
Macbeth, on the other hand, takes everything the witches say to heart and starts to plan how he can make sure the predictions come true. This ultimately leads to his senseless killing spree with Lady MacBeth. Lady MacBeth and Macbeth also doesn’t possess normal human reactions to their

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