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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