Supernatural Forces In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

In the modern 21sr century, the roles and behaviors expected of individuals remains analogous despite gender. This ideology stems from the preceding movement in equality, which preaches that differences of sex appear insignificant. Despite this notion, there remains distinct differences in the physical and psychological makeups of both men and women. In most cultures, certain duties remain associated with specific genders. With this in mind, Shakespeare’s Macbeth heightens the supernatural evil possessing Lady Macbeth as she condones murder for her own selfish ambition, while in Shakespeare’s time women were regarded as peaceful and full of feminine sympathies. This anachronism with the reality of Shakespeare’s day, illustrates the immense sense of wickedness and abnormality emphasizing her character’s influence on her husband and the plot of the play. In contrast, Macbeth appears to some extent a more acceptable evil due to a greater compliance with the gender standards and moral transition during the Shakespearean era. Shakespeare utilizes numerous literary intentions in order to express these diverse levels of evil to provide an element of depth behind the mental reactions and deteriorations of the characters until their final decease into the complete darkness of death.

Macbeth recognizes that the dagger is not real and accepts this. This is his first step into insanity. As he admits, his mind is feverish with excitement and perhaps dread, and he understands that this vision is ominous. His internal conflict has now begun to develop; his ambition is driving him to do something and subconsciously he knows it is not right.

The supernatural has always fascinated and continues to intrigue mankind. In many of Shakespeare’s plays, he uses the supernatural to strengthen a particular scene or to influence the impression the audience has about someone or something. This was not strange or uncommon in Shakespeare’s time. In fact, during the 1500s, many people still believed in witches and witchcraft. Even in today’s society, with such advanced science and technology, many people are still influenced, if not dictated by the supernatural. For example, religious people have the belief that their saviour, Jesus Christ was a man of many miracles; one of which was he turned water into wine. Despite the fact that it

In the story Macbeth written by William Shakespeare. The supernatural forces alter Macbeths ambitions which in turn causes his careless actions, therefore the ability to deceive is the ultimate factor of influence. Throughout the book there are many examples of influence both supernatural and not with in the story, first off the withes prophecies are what caused Macbeth to want to become King. They changed his ambitions from just being a loyal soldier into thinking he could actually become the king if he went through with killing the other king. The prophecies are what sparked his tyrant actions and deceived him into thinking he was also invincible through the second prophecy. His wife Lady Macbeth deceived him into thinking what he was doing

In Act ii, Scene 1, Macbeth says during a soliloquy in lines 33 – 64: ‘Is this a dagger I see before me/…let me clutch thee…/I have thee not, and yet I see thee still’. Is the dagger a ‘dagger of the mind’ (l.38), or a prank from the witches? It is impossible to know, however, the sight of this mysterious blood- covered dagger causes Macbeth to delve deep into evil thoughts and rumours: ‘ Wicked dreams abuse/…pale Hecate’s off ‘rings, and

Thunder and lightning is used once again to open Act I Scene 3. As the

If the dagger is a hallucination, then Macbeth has some subconscious urge to take Duncan's life. If the dagger is from the witches, then the witches want to entice Macbeth with a little something to make him contemplate beforehand what he may be doing. The witches know that Macbeth will not talk himself out of killing Duncan until after the fact.

Act 2 scene 1, Macbeth talks to the ground, as if it could hear him,

Joseph Joubert once said “Without the spiritual world, the material world is a disheartening enigma.” The spiritual world is the supernatural which is attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature. In Macbeth there was a ghost, witches, visions and hallucinations throughout the book which is part of the supernatural. The witches had prophecies about the future of Macbeth and his friend Banquo which all came true in the end and they showed Macbeth four apparitions which would also come true. Banquo’s ghost appeared at a dinner Macbeth was having after Banquo got murdered and Banquo’s ghost distracted Macbeth which ended of party. The visions and hallucinations were when Macbeth saw the dagger and when he heard something tell him that “sleep was dead” meaning he would have sleepless days. William Shakespeare made the story more supernatural than natural by using a ghost, witches, visions, and hallucinations and to prove Macbeth’s inevitable destiny.

The play titled as Macbeth by William Shakespeare was written in England during 1660's. "Macbeth" was born during the 1005's, later on married Lady Macbeth. In the play Macbeth, there is an extensive impact role of a supernatural force. There are the Three Witches and their prophecies, who has the ability to perceive and predict the future. Secondly, the bloody dagger that appeared to Macbeth before impelling to commit his murder to the king. At last the apparitions near towards the end of the play. All of these appears to be supernatural, which damaged and motivated Macbeth to do anything in order to accomplish his dreams and the witches prophecy to become the king by force.

In the play of Macbeth by William Shakespeare in 1606, he used the unnatural and supernatural imagery to show people or audience the theme of the play. During the reign of King James I of England between 1603 and 1607, Macbeth was one of the most popular, tragic play that written by Shakespeare. The use of imagery like supernatural or unnatural is a key element in making the play more interesting.

It is not often that Shakespeare coming alive on the big screen makes it any better, but Justin Kurzel managed in Macbeth (2015) to both be true to the classic and contribute with his own modern twist, both technically and plotwise.

4)Another form of the supernatural Shakespeare uses is the floating dagger Macbeth sees before he commits to killing King Duncan. 5)The floating dagger, covered in blood, symbolizes evil, and leads Macbeth to go forward with his plan to kill Duncan. As Macbeth questions whether he should commit the murder, he sees a “bloody dagger” appearing before him with the handle pointing towards his hand, and he speaks “Come, let me clutch thee”(Shakespeare 2.1.41-42). 6)Macbeth’s doubts about killing the King disappear, as Shakespeare uses the dagger to lure Macbeth towards King Duncan’s room. 7)Macbeth sees the dagger as a sign, that he is being led by the supernatural to commit the murder, but really he is only following his own greedy desire to become King. 8)The floating dagger appears to hypnotize Macbeth, because he confesses “mine eyes are the fools o’ the other senses” (Shakespeare 2.1.52). 9)Shakespeare has Macbeth kill Duncan to illustrate a change in Macbeth as he grows more evil in pursuit of his goals. Macbeth becomes more dependent on what he believes the

Whether or not someone accepts the supernatural does not mean it does not exist for another. The power of the supernatural is something that has been around since civilization began because people recognized there was something beyond their control. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth is confronted with supernatural firsthand, however, they were viewed as forces of evil. Although the witches, the ghosts, the prophecies, and all the other supernatural elements in the play are dramatized and feared, they represent how society has come to transition away from viewing these supernatural manifestations negatively.

Once Macbeth wins several battles and conquers the armies of the king of Norway he meets three witches that prophesize him to be Throne of Cawdor and then King. This is the first supernatural instance we are shown in the play. He begins to think and believe these things to be true. Once Angus and Ross come to tell him the king has named him Thane of Cawdor and Banquo is even shocked by this news. Macbeth now believes he can be king but now Banquo warned him that evil doesn’t tell the truth but Macbeth was already dazed and greedy to be King.