In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, magic and witches are extremely important. They bring a supernatural idea to the play becoming essential to the plot of the play. They help influence Macbeth providing his call to action. Their predictions help encourage Macbeth but do not strictly govern the play by making things happen. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, magic helps to influence Macbeth, add a supernatural idea to the play by foreshadowing the future, and show magical power by using the number three. The witches predictions help to influence Macbeth and his drive for power. Their predictions foreshadow the future and help to influence Macbeth, but do not simply make things happen. In the long run the witches influence on Macbeth help lead to his
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The supernatural appears in many different forms in the play. The ghost of Banquo appears providing the audience with insight into what Macbeth has become. It shows how Macbeth’s mind has been changed. Banquo’s ghost appearing represents the supernatural element of the acts that Macbeth has committed. Macbeth tires to defend his fearful reaction to Banquo’s ghost saying “the times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end, but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools: this is more strange than such a murder is.” Another element of magic in the play is the floating dagger. The appears to Macbeth and helps lead him to his crime. The dagger helps to point him to Duncan and he sees blood on it. These supernatural ideas add a sense of evil and darkness to the play The number three is used to represent magical powers adding another supernatural element to the play. There are three witches in the play who represent evil and dark times. Having three witches is ironic when it comes down to witch craft, because the goddess of witchcraft has three phases. The number three occurs again when the witches make three prophecies. The number three was seen as an unlucky number in shakespeare times. The number reoccurs in the play representing superstition and bad
The supernatural appears in many different forms in the play. The ghost of Banquo appears providing the audience with insight into what Macbeth has become. It shows how Macbeth’s mind has been changed. Banquo’s ghost appearing represents the supernatural element of the acts that Macbeth has committed. Macbeth tires to defend his fearful reaction to Banquo’s ghost saying “the times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end, but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools: this is more strange than such a murder is.” Another element of magic in the play is the floating dagger. The appears to Macbeth and helps lead him to his crime. The dagger helps to point him to Duncan and he sees blood on it. These supernatural ideas add a sense of evil and darkness to the play The number three is used to represent magical powers adding another supernatural element to the play. There are three witches in the play who represent evil and dark times. Having three witches is ironic when it comes down to witch craft, because the goddess of witchcraft has three phases. The number three occurs again when the witches make three prophecies. The number three was seen as an unlucky number in shakespeare times. The number reoccurs in the play representing superstition and bad