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Supernatural in Macbeth - Coggle Diagram
Supernatural in Macbeth
The Witches
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they make prophecies on the futures of Macbeth and Banquo that end up being true. this is not possible by a normal human, so they are considered witches
they all speak in trchaic tetrameter with rhyming couplets, making them sound different to other characters
their appearances re unhuman like, they are women but have beards - separates them from human stereotypes - unhuman like
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Spirits / Ghosts
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after Banquo was murdered, his ghost returned to haunt Macbeth at his banquet, a manifestation of Macbeth's guilt
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Context
James I was fascinated by the supernatural, so much he wrote a book on it called 'Daemonology'
people didn't have enough facts back then, so lots of people believed in the supernatural
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Weather
at the start of the play, the weather was thunder and lightning, weather that is typically associated with the supernatural