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the supernatural in macbeth
the supernatural is a key theme in macbeth with the charters and backround of the play
the weather and animals have links to the kings as when the king is murdered by macbeth where the kings horses eat each other owls are scrams and the weather is thunder as the great chain of being is broken when regicide is committed by macbeth
QUOTE:"Tis said they eat each other. It's said that the horses ate each other. They did so, to th' amazement of mine eyes That looked upon 't. Here comes the good Macduff.
dagger speech
macbeth hallucinates which is seen as supernatural powers and sort of macbeth has been pocessed and he is questioning his own mind which links to the supernatural as hes starting to become insane
QUOTE:Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
the witches have links and connotations to the supernatural
the witches have supernatural powers which predict macbeth prophecies at the start of the play after macbeth wins in battle and macbeth starts to go insane over these prophecies
'QUOTE'All hail Macbeth, thou shalt be king here after!'' suggests Macbeth is going to become king
QUOTE ''Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none'' suggests Banquo will never become king, but there will be kings in his line
QUOTE ''Beware Macduff'' suggests Macbeth should fear Macduff
key themes
Ambition
after hearing the prophecies which is a catalyst to his ambition
Gender
lady macbeth wants male qualitys such as being strong "unsex me here" mybe she feels it gives her power
Power
macbeth becomes power hungry after killing king duncan it could be argued he becomes possessed and cares about nothing but power and the supernatural takes over him
Light vs Dark
banquo is lights macbeth is dark and he eventually kills macbeth
Guilt
the guilt of lady macbeth after seeing the body of king duncan as macbeth didn't do the job properly
shakespear may have done this
Shakespeare may have done this to show the power of the supernatural which was a big belif in a time period of england and the belief of witches
shakes may have shown the great chain of being snapped after macbeth commits regicide and nature goes crazy and the world turns into complete chaos this could be as james 1st had a attempt of life with the gunpowder plot which was arond the time macbeth was wrote
could of been wrote as a deterrent of anyone who thought about killing the king