The Supernatural in Shakespeares Macbeth :: GCSE English Literature Coursework

The Supernatural in Macbeth Everyone has a slightly different meter reading of the sorcerous but the interpretation which we can start with is Shakespeares. Everyone of Shakespeares time found the supernatural fascinating. Shakespeare taken the supernatural as witches, magic, unnatural and sinister and he expressed his beliefs in the turning, Macbeth very clearly, as he portrayed the three deformed women with harbor over the weather and the ability to predict the future. These three evil witches with charming powers were the creation of Shakespeares interpretation of the supernatural. Shakespeares contemporaries believed in the supernatural very strongly and a majority of them were frightened of it, including the king of that time, office James I of England. Since it was an interesting issue which many people of Shakespeares time felt they were affected by, Shakespeare wrote about it. Macbeth with its supernatural theme was the seventeenth centurys equivalent to the modern d ay horror movie. The piddle away begins with a supernatural scene, where the three witches regard and give many clues as to who they are or what they eat up control over, we three meet once more in thunder, lighting or in rain?.When the battles lost and won.That will be ere the set of sun.There to meet with Macbeth. This scene sets the atmosphere for the rest of the play. If this scene was non there it would be difficult for the audience to understand how later scenes are linked or how these three women can tell Macbeths future. Also if elements of the supernatural were not apply in Act 1 Scene 1, as they have been, the witches could not be shown as sinister and evil. These two elements of horror, sinister and evil would later be used to explain the cause of the three witches behavior further on in the play. As the play continues the supernatural is used more. Act 1 Scene 3 is Macbeths first encounter with the witches, and is also the first time the audience sees or exper iences the witches supernatural abilities. all(a) hail to thee, Thane of Cowdor, All hail, Macbeth That shalt be king hereafter. The witches predict Macbeths future and tell him that he shall become the Thane of Cowdor and then king. The rest of the play is based on this supernatural happening. After learning that Macbeth is to become pansy of Scotland the play follows Macbeths plot to get rid off magnate Duncan and then Macbeths life after the murder.