Macbeth Supernatural Events

Shakespeare's use of supernatural events is prominent in Macbeth, because of all the supernatural events, such as the witches, ambition to become king increases, but the supernatural events were not evil forces. Throughout the story, there are many cases in which there are supernatural events. The main supernatural events in the story are when Macbeth meets with the witches. The witches show Macbeth the future, this is what causes Macbeth actions to unfold in a way that gets him killed. Because Macbeth has to rely on supernatural forces so often, he becomes oblivious to what is happening in the real world. He is not able to differentiate between the real world and the supernatural world. At first he gets a small prediction of the future from
Macbeth’s guilt is showing him that he should not kill King Duncan. The bloody danger that causes Macbeth to go to King Duncan’s room makes Macbeth question if he should be killing the king. This whole event is a hallucination that makes Macbeth question his own integrity. This dagger symbolizes the path that Macbeth is going to be taking in order to become king. Macbeth also hallucinates when he thinks that he is looking a Banquo’s ghost. Banquo’s ghost strikes fear in Macbeth because he is worried that everyone will find out about his murders. The ghost of Banquo symbolizes to Macbeth the path that could have taken if he did not kill his friend. This is a major turning point in Macbeth because Macbeth’s conscience is telling him that he should not be killing people though hallucinations, but the hallucinations cause Macbeth to kill for people. One example of this is when Macbeth kills Macduff’s family after he saw Banquo’s ghost. Macbeth is using murder as a way to get rid of anyone that threatens
Macbeth relies on the witches too much because everytime he wants information he goes there. This gives the witches power because he trusts them and will listen to them. The witches also give Macbeth too much confidence to the point where Macbeth thinks that he is unkillable. The other supernatural events such as Banquo’s ghost and the bloody dagger ultimately leds Macbeth to commit murder multiple times and to his ultimate demise. The thought of the bloody dagger symbolizes Macbeth’s inability to choose whether or not he wants to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth had to use evil spirits to convince Macbeth that killing the king was the only way to get power. Banquo’s ghost symbolizes Macbeth’s guilt. Throughout the story, Macbeth is hesitant when he kills people. He is hesitant because he does not want to kill them, but he thinks that there is no other way to him to attain this