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    period. This furthers the ideas that the three weird sisters were seen as supernatural and not of this world not only because they are presented and described this way by Banquo, but also because of the general descriptions falsely conceived so-called facts that the general populace thought of them in the time period. Furthermore, although the three weird sisters are the driving force of the supernatural and evil throughout the play, there are other elements present that work both with them and

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    Kurzel managed in Macbeth (2015) to both be true to the classic and contribute with his own modern twist, both technically and plotwise. Shakespeare can be interpreted in many different ways. Justin Krezel has chosen a very modern interpretation, which tries to make Macbeth’s actions more clearly understood by the viewer, by introducing the idea of Macbeth having post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as a product of many wars and a lost child. The story is about the tragic hero Macbeth who succumbs

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    Macbeth is a play that is well-known for its variety of supernatural elements, including the witches, the ghost of Banquo, the goddess Hecate, hallucinations, madness, magic and of course the prophecies. Macbeth has the supernatural tied in to it in many ways. This play is saturated with the supernatural, all the plot within this play was either initiated by a supernatural creature or the product of supernatural influence, and the play has even become a supernatural entity itself. In fact, the play’s

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    The Supernatural in Macbeth The supernatural contributes significantly to the story in the thrilling play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare. The paranormal signs and powers show considerable overlap with insanity in the case of several characters throughout the play. The superhuman agents that appear or contacted in the play are used for evil purposes in almost all the cases, and are predominantly resulting in the death of a human being. First of all, the three witches are using supernatural powers

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    In the play Macbeth by WIlliam Shakespeare, the supernatural is an ever present force, seen in the witches, the ghost of banquo, and maybe some other places. The way Shakespeare portrays the supernatural, and especially the witches, add a great deal s to the play, and also contribute in key ways to the themes, structure, tone. Mood, and literary devices in ways that are designed to affect the audience of the play. The most important contribution in my opinion, was that they made the play scary, and

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    Supernatural In Macbeth

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    is full of supernatural elements such as vanishing witches and ghosts. Daggers were floating in the middle of the air and Apparitions appear before Macbeth. Macbeth saw the ghost of a man he murdered. Also, there are witches that meet periodically throughout the play. One way that this play is full of the supernatural is that there are witches. They give background information and are the reason Macbeth kills multiple people. Online 81 in at the end of the witches talking too Macbeth and Banquo

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    Supernatural In Macbeth

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    play Macbeth, Supernatural elements play a major role and are an integral part of the plot structure. It helps create a sense of mystery within the play and in fact, even though some fundamentals seem unclear, help the characters of the play to understand certain concepts with new outlooks. The supernatural appears in many forms throughout the play; ghosts, floating daggers, witches and also forewarning apparitions.1 The people of the Shakespearean era were less skeptical of the supernatural and believed

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    The supernatural is one of the most influential factors in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth; it motivates Macbeth to begin killing people order to claim power and continue doing so to maintain power. The play opens with the three witches talking which literally starts this play with the supernatural; the witches are discussing when to meet and with Macbeth. It includes some foreshadowing into what’s to come. Later into the story the witches appear in front of Macbeth and Banquo, where they give them

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    Supernatural In Macbeth

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    works of literature, authors attempt to use supernatural elements to enhance a story’s plot. In William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Macbeth, the author uses the role of the supernatural to contribute towards Macbeth’s downfall. This will be shown through careful analysis of the witches giving Macbeth his first set of prophecies, other supernatural events that occurred throughout the play and Macbeth's second set of prophecies. The use of supernatural occurs at the beginning of the play when the

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    Supernatural In Macbeth

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    In Macbeth, there lies an abundance of supernatural elements that Macbeth himself encounters throughout the play. He comes across witches that seduce him by showing him great prophecies that will take place if he only completed certain tasks. Later he faced the dagger that attacks him through his guilty conscience. After Macbeth knew of Banquo’s ghost was haunting him. When Macbeth first encounter the witches, he was at first confused as to why they were there. (ALL The weird sisters, hand in hand

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