supernatural in Macbeth.
The witches
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hallucinations
'double double toil and trouble'
'thunder and lightning'
People were scared of supernatural beings. e.g witches
People believed in the great chain of being.
Trick Macbeth into thinking he will become king.
Macbeth hallucinates when planning on killing the king. sees a dagger in front of him.
give Macbeth 3 prophecies
Lets hell into Macbeth's castle after he kills the king.
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James 1 was fascinated by witches.
Lady Macbeth
asks for the supernatural to help her gain power.
'unsex me here'
'fair is foul and foul is fair.'
James 1 went to Denmark- which is where he found out about witch hunting. One of his ships was lost on the way back so he blamed the witches.
James 1 had a traumatic childhood.
Macbeth's ambition to kill Duncan and become king is so strong that he start to hallucinate and see daggers.
Lady Macbeth is instantly guilty after Duncan being killed. she was to ambitious about killing Duncan and manipulated Macbeth into killing him.
Lady Macbeth's gender means that she cannot cope with supernatural things.
The witches are supernatural beings that control the light and dark.
The witches have the power to control Macbeth as he is too ambitious and thinks everything the Witches say is true.
Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost because he is guilty about killing his friend.
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'let not light see my black and dark desires'- Lady Macbeth doesn't want God or the heavens to see her ambition to kill Duncan.