In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the supernatural plays a major role in controlling the tragic hero, Macbeth. Macbeth is taunted by hallucinations, he is met by witches and is told prophesies and apparitions that seize control of his life. Without this influence from the supernatural his journey would have been different. Without the temptation of the witches’ insight, Macbeth would not have been driven to usurp the throne and Lady Macbeth would not have died. Not only does the supernatural lay impact to Macbeth, but also to Lady Macbeth as well and consequently all of Scotland, especially those close to him.
In Macbeth the most prominent form of the supernatural is the witches or referred by to Banquo as “instruments of darkness” (I.iii). …show more content…
Before the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth, in an occult chanting fashion, calls upon the spirits to “unsex” her (I.v). She does this so that she can have the mental will and strength to go through with the murder. A murder plaguing her mind since the minute she learnt of its possibility from Macbeths encounter with the witches. After Macbeth murdered Duncan, Lady Macbeth said, with blood covering both their hands, “A little water clears us of this deed”; that night the weather and animals went crazy (II.ii). The harsh change in weather and the unnatural behaviour of animals was a sign that something grave has occurred, something severe enough to throw of the course of nature. Lady Macbeth seems calm, but inside she is shaken with guilt and the murder of Macduff’s family only exacerbates her situation. Lady Macbeth begins to sleepwalk as a symptom of her rising guilt and hysteria. In her sleep she muttered the words, “The Thane of Fife had a wife, where is she now?” (V.i). Lady Macbeth is severely in distress and sees blood on her hands that cannot be scrubbed off. After acting so unnerved by the situation earlier, merely washing the blood off as if it were nothing, she is acting untrue to her characters strong persona. She is hallucinating about the murder she played a devilish part in. Her ploy with the supernatural and own guilt led to her death as she fell from her tower top
In Macbeth the most prominent form of the supernatural is the witches or referred by to Banquo as “instruments of darkness” (I.iii). …show more content…
Before the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth, in an occult chanting fashion, calls upon the spirits to “unsex” her (I.v). She does this so that she can have the mental will and strength to go through with the murder. A murder plaguing her mind since the minute she learnt of its possibility from Macbeths encounter with the witches. After Macbeth murdered Duncan, Lady Macbeth said, with blood covering both their hands, “A little water clears us of this deed”; that night the weather and animals went crazy (II.ii). The harsh change in weather and the unnatural behaviour of animals was a sign that something grave has occurred, something severe enough to throw of the course of nature. Lady Macbeth seems calm, but inside she is shaken with guilt and the murder of Macduff’s family only exacerbates her situation. Lady Macbeth begins to sleepwalk as a symptom of her rising guilt and hysteria. In her sleep she muttered the words, “The Thane of Fife had a wife, where is she now?” (V.i). Lady Macbeth is severely in distress and sees blood on her hands that cannot be scrubbed off. After acting so unnerved by the situation earlier, merely washing the blood off as if it were nothing, she is acting untrue to her characters strong persona. She is hallucinating about the murder she played a devilish part in. Her ploy with the supernatural and own guilt led to her death as she fell from her tower top