Essay On Supernatural In Macbeth

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the titular Macbeth and his wife attempt to avoid being accused of the murders they have committed by transforming their own personalities; however, throughout the story, a more prominent manipulation of suspension of disbelief develops. Although Lady Macbeth is able to successfully masquerade as a guiding voice for her husband, she is secretly manipulating him so that she may both inflict death on as many people as possible and guarantee herself dominance of those around her.
Shortly after murdering Duncan, Macbeth strives to eradicate the possibility of him being suspected for the deed by putting up a somber facade at the King’s funeral. He even requests Banquo, whom he also plans to murder, have a presence …show more content…
His hallucinations of daggers and ghosts are not an intervention of supernatural entities or witchcraft, but instead symbols of Macbeth’s heavily damaged mentality and the all-encompassing guilt that resides in it. While Lady Macbeth is certainly more dastardly than her husband, even suffers from guilt-based hallucinations as well, an example of which being the blood preventing her from cleaning her hands. It is the supernatural capabilities of the three witches and their ability to correct guess events that have yet to happen that overwhelm both Macbeth and his wife and makes both of them feel as if they have a much larger burden on their shoulders than they really do. Thus, the supernatural also behaves as a catalyst for the characters’ actions. There are three primary examples of supernatural intervention in Macbeth: the actions of the witches and their prophecies, the ghost of Banquo, and the dagger guiding Macbeth to his next victim. The witches have the most prominent role of Macbeth's supernatural beings. They act as symbols of Macbeth's vile nature. His belief that the witches' prophecies are truthful is a major part of what drives him to commit the corrupt, heinous acts he must to obtain absolute