supernatural in macbeth

characters

3 witches

hecate

banquo

why the supernatural

the reason the supernatural is shown in a negative way in Macbeth is because of the fact king James the 1st published a book called demonology which expressed his negative views on witchcraft and the supernatural this caused society as a whole to negatively view the supernatural due to the mass hysteria.

the weather

very dark

foggy

thunder

lightning

rain

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hallucinations

banquo

dagger

appiritions

prophecies

macbeth will be king

no one of woman born could kill macbeth

can only be harmed by Burnham wood

beware macduff

Thane of cawdor

thane of glamis

banquo prophecies

his son will be king

he is not happy but will be happier

you are not as great as Macbeth but greater

lady macbeth

she speaks in rhymes like the witches

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the blood on her hands (metaphorical)

this is lady Macbeth hallucinating blood
on her hands that she is unable to clean
this is one of her punishments of the
supernatural because she broke the
normalities in society by attempting to
be more manly this can be seen in the
quote"unsex me here"

macbeth

how an unchecked ambition arrogance and not thinking clearly will have dire consequences

the apparitions and prophecies that the witches present to Macbeth could be argued that the are catalysts for all of the events that follow after

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