Theme Of Apparition In Macbeth

Supernatural are thought to be beings or things that are unable to be explained or defined and of otherworldly. They can take the form of apparition, spirit, or even forces that are not visible to the human eye. They are also suspected to be experienced by mad or insane people as their presence are thought to be either hallucination or imagination. It is therefore that supernatural or supernatural events reflect upon one’s character and also predict his or her future behaviors. In one of Shakespeare’s famous tragic play, Macbeth, the main protagonist and tragic hero Macbeth falls victim to supernatural. Through Macbeth’s encounter of the apparition of the bloody dagger in Scene I of Act II, he becomes influenced by the apparition, revealing his behavior and character, and predicting his future actions. …show more content…
He speaks to the apparition as if it is alive and also tries to clutch it. When he comes to an understanding of the apparition, he says, “Thou marshal’st me the way that I was going,/ And such an instrument I was to use” (II.i.54-55), as if the dagger was telling him and encouraging him to go murder Duncan. The sign of the dagger being bloodied afterwards also reflects Macbeth’s motive to commit murder as blood predicts Duncan’s death. The appearance of blood also encourages him as well as makes Macbeth genuinely decide that the murder of Duncan must be done. Lines such as “Thou (sure) and firm-set earth,/ Hear not my step, which (way they) walk, for fear/ Thy very stones prate of my whereabouts…”(II.i.69-71) confirms that Macbeth makes up his mind to murder Duncan, praying to the earth that nobody hear his footsteps in his way to Duncan’s