Supernatural Events in Macbeth
In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, there were many supernatural events. Supernatural events are unnatural things that came to be true. The use of supernatural events played a key role in making the play work and making the play interesting. Shakespeare uses the supernatural events of the witches' predictions, floating dagger, Banquo's ghost, and the Cawdon scene to move characters through the play. The use of these supernatural events occurs at the beginning of the play with the three witches' predictions of Macbeth and Banquo's fate. The predictions gave clues to the audience about what the future holds for Macbeth and his friends Banquo. The three predictions for Macbeth were Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and the king to be. (Act I, Sc. I, Ln 46-49) These predictions of Macbeth were made directly to him but he did not trust them until he became Thane of Cawdor, the second prediction. After the second prediction came true Macbeth wrote a letter t
o Lady Macbeth. When Lady Macbeth read the letter, she started calling upon the evil spirits to give her power to plan the murder of King Duncan without any conditions (Act I, Sc. I, Ln 44-57). The three witches also had three predictions for Banquo, "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier and thou shalt get kings, though thou he none" Further on in the play, Macbeth his way to the witches cave and demands to know what lies ahead for him. The three witches predict what he was going to ask and preceded the first apparition, which is an armed head. "Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff! Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me: Enough" (Act IV Sc. I, Ln 71). All the first apparition is saying is to beware of Macduff. Then the second apparition appears, and says " Be bloody, bold, and resolute! Laugh to scorn. The pow'r of man, for none of woman burn shall harm Macbeth" (Act IV, Sc 1, Line 79-81). That apparition informs Macbeth that no man born from a woman can harm him.
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