Imagination In Macbeth

There’s a very old saying, which is still prominent in our lives, that ''the man, who has no imagination, has no wings''. We are all aware of that. The imagination runs the show. We can't accept the modern literature without it. Shakespeare used it very often and with so much excellence that he brought it to the perfection. Macbeth is the best example of Shakespeare's use of imagination. Macbeth becomes very obsessed, or say possessed with an idea of becoming king that his imagination leads him to do horrible deeds.
When we speak of imagination the first thing that comes up to our mind is something unnatural; something beyond our concept of reality. This concept of unnatural is brought up by the theme of supernaturalism, witches, prophecies, the ghost of Banquo and the Bahram woods marching prophecy by the witches in …show more content…
“I bear a charmed life, which must not yield. To one of woman born.” – Act 5, scene 8
Macbeth, by stating this, actually believes (his imagination has led him to believe this) that no man can ever harm him. Unfortunately for Macbeth, his trust in his imaginative thoughts leads to his death. Without having any clue, Macduff was born by Cesarean Section--therefore, not of woman. Macbeth's imagination allows him to be much too easily drawn into the witches’ trap—he takes their prophecies literally and becomes tragically overconfident.
Macbeth’s imagination got the better of him .As in history, he was a great ruler for many years, but in the play, his greed for power and urgency to not be suspected for the happenings led his imagination go astray. Without the witches, the ghost, the visions, and the visions, Macbeth would have been a dull and tiresome play. All this supernatural and distinct elements makes Shakespearean’s play- Macbeth, a play of