Supernatural In Macbeth

Supernatural in Macbeth There are different supernatural elements throughout many of Shakespeare’s plays. Within Macbeth the supernatural elements range from three witches to floating daggers. The three witches are able to manipulate Macbeth into bringing forth his downfall. Whereas the hallucination is about to bring forth guilt and shame for some characters. Shakespeare uses the elements of supernatural in order to emphasize the theme of evil and vile qualities of people in the play. The play begins with the three witches foreshadowing their meeting with Macbeth. Throughout the play, whenever the witches are on stage the mood changes to dark and evil. With them always meeting in thunder, lightning, or rain (20 Durband). They are very mischievous
The floating dagger is used to show Macbeth’s state of mind and to symbolizes his decent into madness—his visions and their effects upon him. The dagger itself represents Macbeth’s conscience where as it is floating in the air represents the things that are about to happen and the darkness that will follow. Macbeth has yet to commit the vile crime however his conscience is already making him feel guilty for it. Macbeth is not the only one to have hallucinations Lady Macbeth has them as well. She believes she has blood on her hands that no amount of washing can cleanse. Although she does not kill anyone directly she is just as evil. She would easily kill her own baby if she had promised to do so (59 Durband). Evil is characterized throughout many of Shakespeare’s plays, and Macbeth is no different. There is evil in almost every character of Macbeth. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth happen to be the main focus because they are the obvious main characters. They lead the play through many evil tribulations in the quest to fulfill Macbeth’s desire of power. Therefore, Shakespeare’s use of supernatural elements throughout Macbeth to show to the readers the evil and vile natural of the