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Supernatural Forces, The Downfall Of Macbeth

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth supernatural forces created a suspenseful atmosphere. The use of the supernatural in the witches, visions, the ghost and the apparitions provide the backbone for the climax and excuses for Macbeth’s change of character. Since conscience plays an important role in Macbeth’s tragic struggle, Shakespeare used supernatural forces to emphasize the tragic downfall of Macbeth.

The play opens up with the use of the supernatural when the three witches encounter Macbeth on his way home from a battle and proceed to predict his fate, enlightening Macbeth with a glimpse of what’s to come. The witches plan to meet again, “When the battles lost and won…” (1.1.1-4). This is a reoccurring theme throughout the play. Whenever a battle is lost or won between a man and another man, his conscience or nature, the witches reappear. After the witches reveal the fate of Macbeth becoming king, he begins to develop an immoral plan to carry out the prophecy. The only way for Macbeth to have the throne will be to wait or to ensure King Duncan and his predecessor’s deaths. Macbeth already knew of his future as king due to the witches’ prophesies, so how he went about getting there did not concern him. Had the three sisters not confronted Macbeth with the news of his possible future, would he have thought of a deviant plan to murder King Duncan, and better yet, would he have had a future at all as a king? Had the three witches not encountered Macbeth that day, would Duncan still be alive? The three sisters held the power of motivating Macbeth to kill Duncan by planting the idea in his head that he could be king.

The ghostly dagger, which led Macbeth to Duncan’s chamber, also represents the supernatural forces that resulted in the fall of Macbeth. The disillusionment and distraction of the knife influenced him to go through with killing Duncan. Macbeth followed the bloody dagger to Duncan’s room and even thought twice about murdering the king, but the floating dagger along with emotions and adrenaline drove Macbeth to carry on with the murder. Had he not encountered the dagger, he would have never traveled up the stairs to Duncan’s chamber and gone through with the pan to murder the king.

Banquo’s ghost is yet another paranormal experience Macbeth encounters, and also the one that sent Macbeth...

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