Evaluate the part played in Macbeth by the supernatural, in its various manifestations

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By consideration to the text, evaluate the part played in 'Macbeth' by the supernatural, in its various manifestations

Lady Macbeth, sleep-walks. How does Macbeth relate to an owl and king Duncan to a falcon? So how can an owl kill a falcon? Banquo is dead but Macbeth's imagination is taking over to make him think that he's a ghost sitting there. The witches' apparitions, that they say and do are in Macbeths favour. The armed head: Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth Beware Macduff. The bloody child: None of woman born shall harm Macbeth. The crowned child: Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him.

Later on in the play the supernatural turn against him. The witches can stop people sleeping. The witches can predict the future. The supernatural for example the owls are presented as deadlines, crickets and beetles mean death or evil. At the start of the play act 1 scene 1 where the witches hover through the fog and filthy air. The witches don't really hover it's the words that do the moving and the other factor that makes this work is that the audience believes in witches and